跨国信仰的变化,跨宗教传统的信仰共享
Robert D Woodberry1, Matt Bradshaw2, Tyler J Vander Weele3,4,5
1Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, One Bear Place 97236, Waco, TX, 76798, USA. Robert_Woodberry@baylor.edu.
Scientific reports
|April 30, 2025
概括
这项研究显示,全球信仰共享很普遍,尽管在欧洲,日本,澳大利亚和美国的信仰共享率最低. 影响信仰共享的因素在不同的国家和宗教背景中有很大差异.
科学领域:
- 宗教社会学是宗教社会学.
- 相对宗教宗教比较
- 全球研究 全球研究
背景情况:
- 分享信仰,或传福音,是全球广泛的宗教实践.
- 以前关于信仰分享的研究是有限的,主要集中在美国的基督徒身上.
- 了解不同宗教和国家背景下的信仰共享的动态对于全球宗教变革研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查22个宗教不同国家的信仰共享的流行和模式.
- 在各种文化和宗教环境中,确定影响信仰分享行为的因素.
- 挑战基于以美国为中心的数据对信仰共享的现有假设.
主要方法:
- 对信仰共享实践进行跨国比较分析.
- 统计检查与信仰共享相关的人口和社会因素.
- 从22个国家收集的数据代表了不同的宗教景观.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,即使在限制性社会中,信仰共享也很普遍,但因地区而异.
- 欧洲,日本,澳大利亚和美国的流行率最低,非洲,拉丁美洲,中东和亚洲 (不包括日本) 的流行率最高.
- 影响美国信仰共享的人口因素 (年龄,教育,婚姻状况,就业,移民) 并不一致地适用于全球,有些显示相反的关联.
结论:
- 分享信仰是一个复杂的全球现象,受当地环境的影响,而不是普遍因素.
- 现有的关于信仰共享的研究不足,因为它以美国为中心,以基督教为中心.
- 这项研究强调,需要对宗教说服和全球宗教动态进行更广泛,更具背景意识的研究.
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