Analysing survey data from the European Values Study, we investigate whether and how
changes in church attendance bring about changes in people's acceptance of abortion …

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence make up an unlikely order of nuns. Self-described as
“twenty-first century queer nuns,” the Sisters began in 1979 when three bored gay men …

In the secularizing Christian world the Czech Republic holds a leading position: it is the
country with the highest percentage of religiously unaffiliated people in the world. The trend …

Is religion dying out in Western societies? Is personal spirituality taking its place? Both
stories are inadequate. Institutional religion is not simply coming to an end in Western …

English summary: The role of religion and church in Western societies has changed
fundamentally. In the Middles Ages, Christendom functioned as the social order's cognitive …

Nach einer Phase der Stagnation hat sich die Religionssoziologie in Deutschland in den
letzten zwei Jahrzehnten gleichsam neu erfunden. In den Jahrzehnten vor 1990 fristete sie …

Despite manifest differences and internal variety, this article attempts to integrate the
histories and present landscapes of religious practice in prison in the United States and in …

Projections, the role of religion in contemporary societies is all but declining, with global
trends pointing at a shrinking percentage of atheists and agnostics. Such predictions are …

In most European countries, the once well-established Christian denominations have been
losing ground over the past century. Against this backdrop, what kinds of communication do …

This paper has three aims. The first aim is to measure religiosity across all European
countries through an index that combines beliefs, practices, and attitudes. The second aim is …