Transcending Pillarization in the Netherlands: From Babyboomers to Screenagers
Half a century ago, the Netherlands could be accounted among the most religiously observant countries in Europe. Its sizable Catholic flock (nearing 40 percent of the total population) was among the most loyal in Europe to the institutional church, with very high rates of attendance at Mass (sometim...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Klartext-Verlag
2014
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Religiöse Jugendkulturen in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren
Year: 2014, Pages: 229-238 |
| Summary: | Half a century ago, the Netherlands could be accounted among the most religiously observant countries in Europe. Its sizable Catholic flock (nearing 40 percent of the total population) was among the most loyal in Europe to the institutional church, with very high rates of attendance at Mass (sometimes reckoned to be over 80 percent weekly). Moreover, Protestant church participation was bolstered by the presence of a very sizeable group of theological conservatism, often, but not always, Calvinist in orientation. Religious parties represented more than half the electorate in every national election between I9I8 and 1966. and religious institutions of all kinds, from schools to trade unions, were everywhere in abundance. This process of >pillarization<, in which society was partially organized along the >pillars< of religion and ideology, reached its organizational zenith in the 1950s, only to recede thereafter. |
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| ISBN: | 383751272X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religiöse Jugendkulturen in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren
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