Religiously Unaffiliated Youth in Europe: Shifting Remnants of Belief and Practice in Contexts of Diffused Religion and Cohort Decline

IF 2.3 1区哲学 0 RELIGION Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI:10.1111/jssr.12901

José Pereira Coutinho, Sarah Wilkins Laflamme

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This study investigates the remnants and dynamics of religious beliefs and practices among religiously unaffiliated youth in Europe, comparing them with the older unaffiliated as well as with the religiously affiliated. Using EVS 2017–2021 data to test contrasting hypotheses of diffused religion and cohort replacement, the study draws three main conclusions. First, youth believe more on average and older age groups believe less when it comes to eschatological beliefs among both the unaffiliated and the affiliated. Second, youth practice less and older age groups practice more on average among both the unaffiliated and the affiliated. Third, the gaps in levels of religious beliefs and practices remain between the religiously unaffiliated and the religiously affiliated among younger populations, but this gap is now narrower for religious practices. Results confirm both hypotheses (diffused religion and cohort replacement) depending on the dimensions of religiosity at study.

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欧洲无宗教信仰青年：在宗教信仰扩散和群体衰退的背景下信仰与实践的转变

本研究调查了欧洲无宗教信仰青年的宗教信仰和实践的残余与动态，并将他们与无宗教信仰的老年人以及有宗教信仰的人进行了比较。该研究利用2017-2021年EVS数据检验了宗教扩散和群组替代的对比假设，得出了三个主要结论。首先，在末世论信仰方面，无宗教信仰和有宗教信仰的人中，年轻人平均信仰较多，而年龄较大的群体信仰较少。第二，在无宗教信仰和有宗教信仰的人群中，平均而言，年轻人信仰较少，而年龄较大的人群信仰较多。第三，在年轻人群中，无宗教信仰和有宗教信仰的人在宗教信仰和宗教活动水平上的差距依然存在，但在宗教活动方面，这种差距现在缩小了。研究结果证实了这两个假设（宗教扩散和队列替换），具体取决于研究的宗教信仰维度。

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期刊介绍： Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, and book reviews on the social scientific study of religion. Published articles are representative of the best current theoretical and methodological treatments of religion. Substantive areas include both micro-level analysis of religious organizations, institutions, and social change. While many articles published in the journal are sociological, the journal also publishes the work of psychologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and economists.