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Religious change is often described with aggregate figures on affiliation, practice and belief. S... more Religious change is often described with aggregate figures on affiliation, practice and belief. Such studies tell us that secularisation happens because each cohort is less religious than the one before, and that socialisation in childhood and habits formed in young adulthood are overwhelmingly responsible for religious decline. In this article we use data from the International Social Survey Programme to consider the extent and magnitude of religious decline at the level of families, whether parental influence is greater in more religious countries, and which individual variables influence the intergenerational transmission of religious practice and whether these vary between different countries. We find that secularisation happens largely because many people are a little less religious than their parents, and relatively few are more religious. We also find that the patterns of transmission are remarkably stable: parents are no more influential in religious countries than in nonrel...
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2020
In political and popular discourse about immigration and integration, Europe is referred to as bo... more In political and popular discourse about immigration and integration, Europe is referred to as both fundamentally secular and fundamentally Christian depending on the context. Even if only a minority of the population in many Western European countries actually practise their religion, many continue to identify with Christianity as cultural tradition, without the beliefs and practice one would normally associate with a religious identity. Few empirical studies have analysed the relationship between religious and national identities in modern Europe. Using a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative survey research with data from the International Social Survey Programme 2008 in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland, this thesis explores how religious affiliation, belief and practice are associated with anti-immigration attitudes and regarding Christianity as important for nationality. Factor analysis is used to explore different dimensions of national iden...
In evolutionary theory, the existence of religion has been explained as an adaptive behavioral st... more In evolutionary theory, the existence of religion has been explained as an adaptive behavioral strategy. This theory can also be used to account for the differences between religious groups. Unique data collected using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), where participants report their behaviors and experiences on a moment-by moment basis were used to examine differences between liberal and conservative Protestant school students in the United States. The results show that conservative Protestant youth are generally more satisfied, family-oriented and sociable than liberal Protestant youth, but also more dependent on their social environment, which is reflected in a deterioration of their mood when they are alone. Using an independent set of data, linguistic analysis of sermons and mission statements show that liberal churches refer more to individualism, diversity and nurturance, whereas conservative churches focus more on authoritarianism, unity and obedience. The numerous diffe...
The decline of religion in European social life over the past century is to our knowledge unparal... more The decline of religion in European social life over the past century is to our knowledge unparalleled and unprecedented in the world. People in Europe are now much less likely to believe in God, attend church, or report that they belong to a religion than they were mere decades before. Is this rapid religious change accompanied by a decline in commitment to moral values and prosocial behaviour? Or are Europeans developing a new form of secular morality? It seems plausible that religion and the maintenance of moral values are linked. Religious codes and religious education clarify expected standards and prohibit certain behaviours deemed damaging. Religious teachings promote altruism, selfdenial and deferred gratification, and people who represent these ideals are celebrated. Secular society appears to be at a comparative disadvantage: punishment following transgression depends on being caught rather than divine justice; altruism, self-sacrifice and service to others appear relative...
International Review of Social Psychology, 2020
Although many different models of radicalization integrate different intrapersonal, interpersonal... more Although many different models of radicalization integrate different intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup processes, this interactive approach is scarcely present in the empirical studies. The goal of this study was to fill this gap by combining personality traits (Machiavellianism), ideology (Islamism), and outcomes of intergroup comparisons (perceived deprivations) as predictors of support for Daesh among Muslims in the MENA region, based on Arab Barometer IV data. Results were calculated on the overall sample and on synthetically balanced samples from Algeria and Palestine, respectively, to ensure the robustness of findings. While Islamists were generally supportive of Daesh, socio-politically deprived individuals were not. A negative relationship between Machiavellianism and support for Daesh was found only in Algeria. Multiple interactions, which differed in Algeria and Palestine, confirm the relevance of studying complex relationships among potential predictors of extremism, as well as the role of context that can strengthen or diminish these relationships.
European Societies, 2017
Religious identity and practice has been associated with attitudes to immigration in Europe, but ... more Religious identity and practice has been associated with attitudes to immigration in Europe, but it is not known how this relationship varies between different cultural and economic contexts. Analysing data from seven waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) 2002-2014 we examine the association cross-nationally and over time, in what was a financially unstable period for many European countries and households. We have two main findings. Firstly, it is not religion per se, but rather conformity to national rates of religiosity which is associated with concern about the economic and cultural consequences of immigration. Secondly, the association between religion and anti-immigration is strengthened in contexts of economic uncertainty. These findings suggest that while religion does not predict immigration attitudes uniformly across countries, when religion reflects cultural conformity, it could become an expression national or ethnic group identity in times of economic insecurity.
Training of Doctoral Students (DOK-01-2018) financed by the European Social Fund DARE (725349) DA... more Training of Doctoral Students (DOK-01-2018) financed by the European Social Fund DARE (725349) DARE D13(4.3) Report on the relationship between inequality and youth radicalisation March 2020 DARE (725349) DARE D13(4.3) Report on the relationship between inequality and youth radicalisation
Revista Internacional de Sociología, Dec 30, 2011
IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Sp... more IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Shoshana Neuman DISCUSSION P APER SERIES ... of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Universidad de Granada Shoshana Neuman ...
Revista Internacional de Sociología, Dec 30, 2011
IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Sp... more IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Shoshana Neuman DISCUSSION P APER SERIES ... of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Universidad de Granada Shoshana Neuman ...
Religion, Brain & Behavior
Journal of Religion in Europe
Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within cou... more Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within countries and has been proposed as one of the mechanisms causing long term religious decline in economically developed countries. Using a British panel study, this article examines (a) whether change to household incomes can incite individual religious change and (b) whether religion can buffer against the stress of economic loss. The main trend in Britain is that of religious stability or decline, and income change does nothing to reverse this trend. Increases in household income are associated with religious disengagement, but income reduction has no effect on religious attendance. However, religious activity may still act as a ‘buffer’ by improving and maintaining life satisfaction in the face of economic loss.
European Sociological Review
The British journal of sociology, Jan 29, 2017
Most literature on racial prejudice deals with the racial attitudes of the ethnic majority and et... more Most literature on racial prejudice deals with the racial attitudes of the ethnic majority and ethnic minorities separately. This paper breaks this tradition. We examine the social distance attitudes of white and non-white British residents to test if these attitudes follow the same trends over time, whether they are driven by the same social processes and whether they are inter-related. We have three main findings. Firstly, social distance from other ethnic groups has declined over time for both white and ethnic minority Britons. For the white majority there are both period and cohort elements to this decline. Secondly, we see some evidence that social distance between the majority and minority groups is reciprocal. Specifically, minorities who experience rejection by the white British feel a greater sense of distance from them. Thirdly, we find that all groups share the perception of the same ethnic hierarchy. We see evidence of particularly widespread hostility towards Muslim Bri...
In Detlef Pollack Ingrid Tucci Hans Georg Ziebertz Editor Religioser Pluralismus Im Fokus Quantitativer Religionsforschung Heidelberg Springer Vs 2012 P 331 370, 2012
Politics and Religion, 2015
The exact relationship between religiosity and moral values is understudied, and it is unclear wh... more The exact relationship between religiosity and moral values is understudied, and it is unclear what the process of secularization means for the morality of Europeans. Previous research shows that religion is associated with low levels of political and economic development. A potential explanation is that religion provides an alternative moral authority to the authority of the state. Using data from four waves of the European Values Study 1981–2008, I analyze attitudes to personal autonomy (vs tradition) and self-interest (vs social norms) in a multilevel model of 48 European countries. The results show that religious decline has been accompanied by an increase in autonomy values, but not self-interest, that the relationship between religion and morality is stronger in more religious countries, and that it has declined since the 1980s. We also show that religiosity is more negatively associated with self-interest among people with low confidence in state authorities.
Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2015
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 2011 24 75 96, 2011
Religious change is often described with aggregate figures on affiliation, practice and belief. S... more Religious change is often described with aggregate figures on affiliation, practice and belief. Such studies tell us that secularisation happens because each cohort is less religious than the one before, and that socialisation in childhood and habits formed in young adulthood are overwhelmingly responsible for religious decline. In this article we use data from the International Social Survey Programme to consider the extent and magnitude of religious decline at the level of families, whether parental influence is greater in more religious countries, and which individual variables influence the intergenerational transmission of religious practice and whether these vary between different countries. We find that secularisation happens largely because many people are a little less religious than their parents, and relatively few are more religious. We also find that the patterns of transmission are remarkably stable: parents are no more influential in religious countries than in nonrel...
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2020
In political and popular discourse about immigration and integration, Europe is referred to as bo... more In political and popular discourse about immigration and integration, Europe is referred to as both fundamentally secular and fundamentally Christian depending on the context. Even if only a minority of the population in many Western European countries actually practise their religion, many continue to identify with Christianity as cultural tradition, without the beliefs and practice one would normally associate with a religious identity. Few empirical studies have analysed the relationship between religious and national identities in modern Europe. Using a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative survey research with data from the International Social Survey Programme 2008 in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland, this thesis explores how religious affiliation, belief and practice are associated with anti-immigration attitudes and regarding Christianity as important for nationality. Factor analysis is used to explore different dimensions of national iden...
In evolutionary theory, the existence of religion has been explained as an adaptive behavioral st... more In evolutionary theory, the existence of religion has been explained as an adaptive behavioral strategy. This theory can also be used to account for the differences between religious groups. Unique data collected using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), where participants report their behaviors and experiences on a moment-by moment basis were used to examine differences between liberal and conservative Protestant school students in the United States. The results show that conservative Protestant youth are generally more satisfied, family-oriented and sociable than liberal Protestant youth, but also more dependent on their social environment, which is reflected in a deterioration of their mood when they are alone. Using an independent set of data, linguistic analysis of sermons and mission statements show that liberal churches refer more to individualism, diversity and nurturance, whereas conservative churches focus more on authoritarianism, unity and obedience. The numerous diffe...
The decline of religion in European social life over the past century is to our knowledge unparal... more The decline of religion in European social life over the past century is to our knowledge unparalleled and unprecedented in the world. People in Europe are now much less likely to believe in God, attend church, or report that they belong to a religion than they were mere decades before. Is this rapid religious change accompanied by a decline in commitment to moral values and prosocial behaviour? Or are Europeans developing a new form of secular morality? It seems plausible that religion and the maintenance of moral values are linked. Religious codes and religious education clarify expected standards and prohibit certain behaviours deemed damaging. Religious teachings promote altruism, selfdenial and deferred gratification, and people who represent these ideals are celebrated. Secular society appears to be at a comparative disadvantage: punishment following transgression depends on being caught rather than divine justice; altruism, self-sacrifice and service to others appear relative...
International Review of Social Psychology, 2020
Although many different models of radicalization integrate different intrapersonal, interpersonal... more Although many different models of radicalization integrate different intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup processes, this interactive approach is scarcely present in the empirical studies. The goal of this study was to fill this gap by combining personality traits (Machiavellianism), ideology (Islamism), and outcomes of intergroup comparisons (perceived deprivations) as predictors of support for Daesh among Muslims in the MENA region, based on Arab Barometer IV data. Results were calculated on the overall sample and on synthetically balanced samples from Algeria and Palestine, respectively, to ensure the robustness of findings. While Islamists were generally supportive of Daesh, socio-politically deprived individuals were not. A negative relationship between Machiavellianism and support for Daesh was found only in Algeria. Multiple interactions, which differed in Algeria and Palestine, confirm the relevance of studying complex relationships among potential predictors of extremism, as well as the role of context that can strengthen or diminish these relationships.
European Societies, 2017
Religious identity and practice has been associated with attitudes to immigration in Europe, but ... more Religious identity and practice has been associated with attitudes to immigration in Europe, but it is not known how this relationship varies between different cultural and economic contexts. Analysing data from seven waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) 2002-2014 we examine the association cross-nationally and over time, in what was a financially unstable period for many European countries and households. We have two main findings. Firstly, it is not religion per se, but rather conformity to national rates of religiosity which is associated with concern about the economic and cultural consequences of immigration. Secondly, the association between religion and anti-immigration is strengthened in contexts of economic uncertainty. These findings suggest that while religion does not predict immigration attitudes uniformly across countries, when religion reflects cultural conformity, it could become an expression national or ethnic group identity in times of economic insecurity.
Training of Doctoral Students (DOK-01-2018) financed by the European Social Fund DARE (725349) DA... more Training of Doctoral Students (DOK-01-2018) financed by the European Social Fund DARE (725349) DARE D13(4.3) Report on the relationship between inequality and youth radicalisation March 2020 DARE (725349) DARE D13(4.3) Report on the relationship between inequality and youth radicalisation
Revista Internacional de Sociología, Dec 30, 2011
IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Sp... more IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Shoshana Neuman DISCUSSION P APER SERIES ... of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Universidad de Granada Shoshana Neuman ...
Revista Internacional de Sociología, Dec 30, 2011
IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Sp... more IZA DP No. 2183 Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Shoshana Neuman DISCUSSION P APER SERIES ... of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain Pablo Brañas-Garza Universidad de Granada Shoshana Neuman ...
Religion, Brain & Behavior
Journal of Religion in Europe
Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within cou... more Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within countries and has been proposed as one of the mechanisms causing long term religious decline in economically developed countries. Using a British panel study, this article examines (a) whether change to household incomes can incite individual religious change and (b) whether religion can buffer against the stress of economic loss. The main trend in Britain is that of religious stability or decline, and income change does nothing to reverse this trend. Increases in household income are associated with religious disengagement, but income reduction has no effect on religious attendance. However, religious activity may still act as a ‘buffer’ by improving and maintaining life satisfaction in the face of economic loss.
European Sociological Review
The British journal of sociology, Jan 29, 2017
Most literature on racial prejudice deals with the racial attitudes of the ethnic majority and et... more Most literature on racial prejudice deals with the racial attitudes of the ethnic majority and ethnic minorities separately. This paper breaks this tradition. We examine the social distance attitudes of white and non-white British residents to test if these attitudes follow the same trends over time, whether they are driven by the same social processes and whether they are inter-related. We have three main findings. Firstly, social distance from other ethnic groups has declined over time for both white and ethnic minority Britons. For the white majority there are both period and cohort elements to this decline. Secondly, we see some evidence that social distance between the majority and minority groups is reciprocal. Specifically, minorities who experience rejection by the white British feel a greater sense of distance from them. Thirdly, we find that all groups share the perception of the same ethnic hierarchy. We see evidence of particularly widespread hostility towards Muslim Bri...
In Detlef Pollack Ingrid Tucci Hans Georg Ziebertz Editor Religioser Pluralismus Im Fokus Quantitativer Religionsforschung Heidelberg Springer Vs 2012 P 331 370, 2012
Politics and Religion, 2015
The exact relationship between religiosity and moral values is understudied, and it is unclear wh... more The exact relationship between religiosity and moral values is understudied, and it is unclear what the process of secularization means for the morality of Europeans. Previous research shows that religion is associated with low levels of political and economic development. A potential explanation is that religion provides an alternative moral authority to the authority of the state. Using data from four waves of the European Values Study 1981–2008, I analyze attitudes to personal autonomy (vs tradition) and self-interest (vs social norms) in a multilevel model of 48 European countries. The results show that religious decline has been accompanied by an increase in autonomy values, but not self-interest, that the relationship between religion and morality is stronger in more religious countries, and that it has declined since the 1980s. We also show that religiosity is more negatively associated with self-interest among people with low confidence in state authorities.
Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2015
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 2011 24 75 96, 2011