Changing Religious Attitudes and Participation Among Catholics in the Post Vatican II Church: Some Canadian Data
In recent years much has been written about changes in the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of American Catholics. Some researchers have concluded that there has been an evident decline, while others have argued that little of substance has changed. Less attention has been paid to similar issues am...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1990, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-361 |
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| Summary: | In recent years much has been written about changes in the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of American Catholics. Some researchers have concluded that there has been an evident decline, while others have argued that little of substance has changed. Less attention has been paid to similar issues among Canadian Catholics. This article discusses the findings of two surveys (1973 and 1982) of Catholics in a western Canadian diocese, using an approach roughly comparable to Greeley's. The findings demonstrate considerable stability in the religious attitudes of these Catholics during 1973–1982. There is some tendency toward greater conservatism or orthodoxy, with opposition to official church positions on sexual morality still high. Church attendance is stable, while parish involvement and church influence increases. With Greeley, we find little evidence to suggest that variation in church attendance is predicted by assimilation into the dominant culture or by reaction to post-Vatican 11 changes in the church. Contrary to Greeley, we find evidence of a slight trend toward increased support for papal authority. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711076 |