Yearbook of international religious demography 2017

Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Annual Series -- List of Illustrations -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Religious Demographic Data -- 1 The World by Religion -- Non-religionists -- Agnostics -- Atheists -- Religioni...

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Contributors: Grim, Brian J. 1959- (Editor) ; Johnson, Todd M. 1958- (Editor) ; Skirbekk, Vegard 1975- (Editor) ; Zurlo, Gina A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Yearbook of International Religious Demography Ser
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Grim, Brian: Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017. - Leiden : BRILL,c2017. - 9789004346277
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Summary:Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Annual Series -- List of Illustrations -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Religious Demographic Data -- 1 The World by Religion -- Non-religionists -- Agnostics -- Atheists -- Religionists -- Baha'is -- Buddhists -- Chinese Folk-Religionists -- Christians -- Confucianists -- Daoists -- Ethnoreligionists -- Hindus -- Jains -- Jews -- Muslims -- New Religionists -- Shintoists -- Sikhs -- Spiritists -- Zoroastrians -- 2 Religions by Continent -- Religions in Africa -- Religions in Asia -- Religions in Europe -- Religions in Latin America -- Religions in Northern America -- Religions in Oceania -- Part 2:Case Studies and Methodology -- 3 Botswana's Religious Demographics: A Comparative Insight into It's 2001 and 2011 Censuses -- Botswana's Censuses: History of the 'Religion' Variable -- Botswana's BPHC 2001 and BPHC 2011: Comparative Perspective -- Christian Denominations -- Religious Minorities -- Conclusion -- 4 Measuring the Presence of Protestants in Guatemala, 1882-2011 -- Waves of Protestant Missions -- The Three Datasets -- Future Research -- Appendix: Types of Protestantism -- 5 Linking Religiosity to Life Satisfaction in Japan and the United States -- What It Means to Identify as 'Religious' in Japan -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- 6 Religious Affiliation and Religious Plurality in Europe: Introducing a New Approach of Estimating Country Data Based on Metadatabase-comparison -- Religious Affiliation as Religious Belonging and Identity -- Recent Changes in Europe: Hesitant Pluralization and 'Blank Areas' -- Toward Better Data on Religious Affiliation -- Conclusion -- 7 How Many More Muslims? The Effect of Increased Numbers of Asylum Seekers on the Size of Muslim Population in European Countries -- Data and Methods
Asylum Seekers in Europe -- The Share of Muslims among Asylum Seekers -- The Size of Muslim Population in the eu+ Countries in 2015 -- Summary and Discussion -- 8 God or the State? The Role of Religiosity and Nationalism to Explain Fertility Differentials in Israel and the Jewish Settlements of the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- Background: Fertility in the Jewish Settlements -- Objectives, Theoretical Background, and Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- Statistical Analysis -- Results -- Conclusion -- 9 The Demography of Australia's Catholics: Method and Applications -- The Australian Census -- The National Catholic Census Project -- Customized Geography -- Customized Data -- The Parish Profiles -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Data Sources -- 10 Data Sources -- General Sources -- Data Archives -- Sources by Country -- Appendices -- Glossary -- World Religions by Country -- Index
ISBN:9004346309