Understanding the Rise of Born-Again Catholics in the United States: The Role of Educational Attainment
Having a born-again experience has historically been a marker of sectarian or evangelical Protestantism. Yet the percentage of American Catholics reporting a born-again experience has nearly doubled in the past few decades - from 14% in 2004 to 27% in 2016 - a much faster increase than that of e...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer
[2018]
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Review of religious research
Jahr: 2018, Band: 60, Heft: 4, Seiten: 555-574 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
USA
/ Katholik
/ Wiedergeburt
/ Spirituelle Erfahrung
/ Evangelikale Bewegung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KBQ Nordamerika KDB Katholische Kirche KDG Freikirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Evangelical
B Catholicism B Trends B Born-again |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Having a born-again experience has historically been a marker of sectarian or evangelical Protestantism. Yet the percentage of American Catholics reporting a born-again experience has nearly doubled in the past few decades - from 14% in 2004 to 27% in 2016 - a much faster increase than that of evangelicals or any other religious group. How do we explain the disproportionate rise of born-again Catholics? Drawing on data from the 2004-2016 waves of the General Social Survey, this research note tests four potential mechanisms: (1) evangelicals converting to Catholicism; (2) born-again Catholics immigrating to the US; (3) evangelical-to-Catholic diffusion due to growing conservative-political alliances; and (4) having a born-again experience (both an indicator of sectarian religious piety and loose affiliation with more standard Catholic self-perceptions) is becoming more common among Catholics with less formal education. After testing alternative explanations, we show that reporting a born-again experience has increased almost solely among Catholics without a college degree. This suggests that the born-again experience is increasing primarily among those Catholics who tend to be more marginalized within society at large (potentially making sectarian religious experiences like being born-again more attractive) and less versed in more mainstream identity-markers of their own religious tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-018-0351-8 |