Human Development and the Demography of Secularization in Global Perspective

Sociologists of religion often overlook the role of demography. An exception to this rule is found in the work of Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, who link religious decline to human development and the demographic transition. However, their individual-level thesis is based on bivariate trends, wi...

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Main Author: Kaufmann, Eric 1970- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2008]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 4, Pages: 1-37
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