Education, Irreligion, and Non-religion: Evidence from Select Anglophone Census Data
A number of different studies carried out in the twentieth century demonstrated a correlation between higher education and loss of religious belief. However, recent research seems to indicate that contemporary social changes have undermined this previously solid connection: it appears that the irrel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2015]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 265-272 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ Canada
/ Great Britain
/ Education
/ Atheism
/ Irreligiosity
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| Summary: | A number of different studies carried out in the twentieth century demonstrated a correlation between higher education and loss of religious belief. However, recent research seems to indicate that contemporary social changes have undermined this previously solid connection: it appears that the irreligiousespecially the non-religious who do not self-identify as members of any religionare no longer substantially more educated than the religious. The decline in higher education represents an important component of an emerging consensus that, in effect, normalizes' the non-religious. In the present study, this imputed characteristic is challenged by an examination of education data from the national censuses of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2015.1025556 |