Religious shift between cohorts : a multilevel analysis on the three main religious indicators among European Christian countries
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Religious shift between cohorts : a multilevel analysis on the three main religious indicators among European Christian countries / F. Molteni. ((Intervento presentato al convegno First Italian EVS conference tenutosi a Trento nel 2015.
Abstract:
Speaking about European religiosity means speaking about secularization. Whereas the framework of secularization is considered by now as the all-embracing approach (Bruce 2001, 2002; Casanova 1994; Gorski and Altınordu 2008; Pollack 2008; Voas 2009), at least other two approaches should be considered. These other approaches, namely the “individualization thesis” (Hervieu-Léger 2001) and the “believing without belonging” argument (Davie 1990), basically state that European religion is not declining but is rather changing. The relation between individuals and religion has emancipated itself from the strong medium of religious institutions: religious preferences and practices are now increasingly subject to individual’s autonomous choices. These theoretical considerations, along with the strong multidimensionality of the concept of religion, require an accurate analysis on how the different dimensions have evolved in the last decades. Considering religious practice alone as the main indicator could be no longer adequate to grasp the real essence of religious trends in Europe, especially in light of the different meanings church going assumes across the different Christian doctrines. Therefore, I will focus on three different dimensions, namely religious practice, beliefs and membership. This paper will answer four different questions:
-Are country levels of religiosity changing or stable over time?
-Do the three dimensions of religiosity show different trends?
-Is this different or the same for each of the Christian doctrines?
-How correlated are the three dimensions at the country, country-cohort and individual level? Are they measuring the same underlying dimension of religion?
I will recur to a logistic multilevel model which account for multivariate responses (4 levels: responses, individuals, country-cohorts, countries) built up on the 4 waves of EVS data. I will model time by cohorts (1st, 2nd and 3rd grade polynomial will be tested) (Biolcati-Rinaldi and Vezzoni 2013; Crockett and Voas 2006; Voas and Doebler 2011) using random slopes for different countries and I will interact them with the different Christian doctrines (Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants). Threating the three religious dimensions as different responses in a specific level will allow me to understand how these dimensions are correlated at the individual and country level, overcoming the antagonism between individual and ecological approach.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Elenco autori:
F. Molteni
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