在22个国家的宗教中心地位
Robert D Woodberry1, Kathryn A Johnson2, Brendan Case3
1Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97326, Waco, TX, 76798-7326, USA. Robert_Woodberry@baylor.edu.
Scientific reports
|April 30, 2025
概括
宗教中心性,一种衡量内在宗教性的尺度,在全球范围内有所不同,在欧洲/东亚最低,在非洲/亚洲最高. 这项研究为了解其对人类繁荣的影响提供了基础.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 宗教研究是宗教研究.
背景情况:
- 宗教中心性,通常被衡量为内在的宗教性 (IR),与积极的心理和社会结果有关.
- 以前的研究主要使用横截面,非代表性的西方样本,限制了全球比较.
- 现有的研究在样本,测量和方法方面存在差异,这阻碍了系统分析.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查22个不同的,全国代表性样本的宗教中心性.
- 建立宗教中心性和人类繁荣的纵向研究的基础.
- 用统一的方法论,在全球范围内比较宗教中心地位.
主要方法:
- 利用了全球繁荣研究 (GFS) 的第一波.
- 采用单项内在宗教性衡量标准.
- 在所有22个国家应用了相同的人口统计指标和研究方法.
主要成果:
- 观察到宗教中心性的全球显著变化.
- 宗教的中心地位在欧洲和东亚最低.
- 宗教的中心地位在非洲和亚洲其他地区最高,在美洲和以色列中等水平.
结论:
- 调查结果强调了宗教中心性的全球分布多样化.
- 讨论跨传统评估和人口变化的复杂性.
- 给世俗化和人类繁荣理论带来影响.
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