RT Article
T1 Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 59
IS 3
SP 439
OP 454
A1 McPhail, Brian L.
A1 Yang, Fenggang 1962-
A2 Yang, Fenggang 1962-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1729111173
AB In Western societies, religious heterogamy and its effects on religious socialization outcomes have been interpreted through the lens of secularization. How about China, where religion has been resurging in recent decades? Using data from the 2007 Spiritual Life Survey of Chinese Residents, this study shows that despite China's atheist education system and strict religion policies, having at least one religiously affiliated parent is associated with increased religiosity compared to having two nonreligious parents. Whereas religious heterogamy in the West has a secularizing effect on the next generation, religious heterogamy in secular nations, such as China, has a religionizing effect and contributes to religion's rise.
K1 China
K1 heterogamy
K1 Religious Socialization
K1 Secularization
DO 10.1111/jssr.12667