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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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Springer
[2018]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Review of religious research
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 60, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 555-574 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
USA
/ Καθολικός
/ Αναγέννηση (μοτίβο)
/ Πνευματική εμπειρία
/ Ευαγγελικό κίνημα
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας CB Χριστιανική ύπαρξη, Πνευματικότητα KBQ Βόρεια Αμερική KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία KDG Ελεύθερη Εκκλησία |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Evangelical
B Catholicism B Trends B Born-again |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Σύνοψη: | 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 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-018-0351-8 |