'Believing Without Belonging' in Twenty European Countries (1981-2008) De-institutionalization of Christianity or Spiritualization of Religion?

Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie's theory about 'believing without belonging', this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between 'believing' and 'belonging' across countries. In doing so, two rendit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of religious research 2020-12, Vol.62 (4), p.509-531
Hauptverfasser: Tromp, Paul, Pless, Anna, Houtman, Dick
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie's theory about 'believing without belonging', this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between 'believing' and 'belonging' across countries. In doing so, two renditions of the theory that co-exist in Grace Davie's work are distinguished, i.e., the typically foregrounded version about a de-institutionalization of Christianity and its often unnoticed counterpart about a spiritualization of religion. Societal growth curve modelling is applied to the data of the European Values Study for twenty European countries (1981-2008) to test hypotheses derived from both theories. The findings suggest that the typically foregrounded version of a de-institutionalization of Christianity needs to be rejected, while the typically unnoticed version of a spiritualization of religion is supported by the data.
ISSN:0034-673X
2211-4866
DOI:10.1007/s13644-020-00432-z