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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• McPhail, Brian L.
• Yang, Fenggang

Titel

Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

Ist Teil von

• Journal for the scientific study of religion, 2020-09, Vol.59 (3), p.439-454

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In Western societies, religious heterogamy and its effects on religious socialization outcomes have been interpreted through the lens of secularization. How about China, where religion has been resurging in recent decades? Using data from the 2007 Spiritual Life Survey of Chinese Residents, this study shows that despite China's atheist education system and strict religion policies, having at least one religiously affiliated parent is associated with increased religiosity compared to having two nonreligious parents. Whereas religious heterogamy in the West has a secularizing effect on the next generation, religious heterogamy in secular nations, such as China, has a religionizing effect and contributes to religion's rise.