Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource, 44-54 S.
Series Statement:
Moderné náboženstvo / Modern Religion
Titel der Quelle:
Moderné náboženstvo / Modern Religion
Angaben zur Quelle:
2005. S. 44-54, Online-Ressource, 44-54 S.
DDC:
305.2
Abstract:
Abstract: When one considers the results of social scientific surveys, secularisation in Germany seems to be a more or less linear process of erosion of what is traditionally named religiosity. The percentage of citizens who affirm that they are "religious", believe in God or otherworldly beings, hope for life after death or participate regularly in the praxis of a religious community has been – by and large – steadily declining for decades. This decline has occurred over the succeeding generations: The younger the generation, the fewer "religious" people in it. But the process of secularisation is apparent not only in this persistent quantitative shrinkage from generation to generation. Above all it also manifests itself – this is the thesis of the article – in the transformation of the habitus formations and contents of faith of the generations. The essence of ongoing secularisation naturally is reflected most clearly in its contemporary state of development which is represented in the you
Note:
Veröffentlichungsversion
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URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54889
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54889
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