Does Economic Insecurity Predict Religiosity? Evidence from the European Social Survey 2002–2014

Storm, Ingrid

doi:10.1093/socrel/srw055

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“…This is to be expected from a social identity perspective, as anti-immigration is generally associated with both adherence to social conventions (Altemeyer 1981) and national identification (Storm 2011a;Bohman and Hjerm 2014). At the same time, religion as symbolic boundary is especially salient in more difficult economic contexts, which is consistent with a positive relationship between material insecurity and religious identity (Norris and Inglehart 2004;Immerzel and van Tubergen 2011;Storm 2017).…”

Section: Country Level Resultsmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…Previous research has found that lower economic development is associated with preferences for ethnic relative to civic national identity (Kunovich 2009), and perceptions of religion as a salient symbolic boundary, and indicator of 'group threat' can be reinforced by economic insecurity (Bail 2008: 54). Immerzeel and van Tubergen (2011) and Storm (2017) also find robust associations between religion and financial insecurity at both the individual and country level in Europe. Religion could appeal to economically insecure individuals by providing a coherent group identity and social and emotional support (Bradshaw and Ellison 2010;Storm 2017).…”

Section: Economic Contextmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Immerzeel and van Tubergen (2011) and Storm (2017) also find robust associations between religion and financial insecurity at both the individual and country level in Europe. Religion could appeal to economically insecure individuals by providing a coherent group identity and social and emotional support (Bradshaw and Ellison 2010;Storm 2017). As a repository for security, religiosity can take on a meaning of nationalism, ethnocentrism and other forms of ingroup identity in situations of external threat (Kinnvall 2004).…”

Section: Economic Contextmentioning

confidence: 81%

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When does religiosity matter for attitudes to immigration? The impact of economic insecurity and religious norms in Europe

Storm

2017

European Societies

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Religious identity and practice has been associated with attitudes to immigration in Europe, but it is not known how this relationship varies between different cultural and economic contexts. Analysing data from seven waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) 2002-2014 we examine the association cross-nationally and over time, in what was a financially unstable period for many European countries and households. We have two main findings. Firstly, it is not religion per se, but rather conformity to national rates of religiosity which is associated with concern about the economic and cultural consequences of immigration. Secondly, the association between religion and anti-immigration is strengthened in contexts of economic uncertainty. These findings suggest that while religion does not predict immigration attitudes uniformly across countries, when religion reflects cultural conformity, it could become an expression national or ethnic group identity in times of economic insecurity.

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Section: Economic Contextmentioning

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When does religiosity matter for attitudes to immigration? The impact of economic insecurity and religious norms in Europe

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2017

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“…7) Government Regulation Index assessing "restrictions placed on the practice, profession, or selection of religion by the official laws, policies, or administrative actions of the state," was also included as a control variable because it should affect religiosity negatively, but the effect was negligible. Storm (2017) explored the effects of GDP and economic security on self-rated degrees of religiosity and tested several individual-level and macro-level hypotheses. In the same way as Hirschle, she distinguished attending religious services from religious beliefs, and expected that these would differentially associate with existential security issues.…”

Section: Religious Beliefs and Practicesmentioning

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Values in Life Domains in a Cross-National Perspective

Halman

Gelissen

2019

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The increase in international survey research projects investigating basic orientations reveals that the grand sociological theories fall short in explaining the often large differences between populations in contemporary societies that continue to exist. There is more than modernization to explain varieties. Institutions, culture, history, policies, all appear to affect people's values. Our review of current stateof-the-art cross-national research activities demonstrates that increasingly multilevel analysis techniques are applied to address either modernization or institutionalism, or both. From various theoretical perspectives, hypotheses are extracted about the impact of the context on values in a specific domain. The selected studies include very different contextual features to explain varieties in domain-specific value orientations, which clearly proves that there are different mechanisms at work in the distinct value domains. The studies reveal that "context matters," but also that it is essential to include individual-level characteristics, at least as controls. Quite often, the individual attributes appear differently distributed in different countries, which may be the main reason why differences in value orientations between countries remain.

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“…While research on the relationship between income and religion suggests that religiosity increases in conditions of economic insecurity and declines in conditions of economic security and prosperity (Storm 2017), little research has been done on the effects of income on religious mobility in the United States within the last decade. And so, the purpose of this study is to explore the effects of income and economic mobility, on religious mobility and apostasy in the United States.…”

Section: Religious Mobility In the United States: The Effects Of Incomentioning

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Religious Mobility in the United States: The Effects of Income and Economic Mobility on Religious Conversion

Thompson¹

2017

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Why do people switch religions? Under the theoretical framework of interactionism theory of conversion, which posits that the interplay between active, negotiated, and socially constructed aspects of human behavior and different aspects of social context lead to religious conversion, I propose that economic mobility and income affect whether or not one chooses to switch religions from the one in which they were raised. I rely on the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS) that was administered to 2,867 randomly selected adults living in households in the United States in 2016. I analyze data from a subset of 1,068 married respondents to examine the effects of economic mobility, income, exogamy, geographic mobility, education, race, age, and sex on religious mobility and apostasy. There are no significant correlations between economic mobility and income with religious mobility or apostasy. The only significant predictor of religious mobility and apostasy is exogamy. Respondents who have married outside of the religion in which they were raised are more likely to be religiously mobile or abandon religion altogether than those who are endogamous. Additionally, older respondents are less likely to abandon religion than younger respondents. My hypothesis is not supported. However, the results support interactionism theory of conversion as exogamy is a significant predictor of religious mobility. These results confirm that the institution of marriage plays a significant role in whether or not someone converts religions; furthermore, the bonds of marriage outweigh one’s bond to the religion in which they were raised.

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Does Economic Insecurity Predict Religiosity? Evidence from the European Social Survey 2002–2014

Cited by 54 publications

References 15 publications

When does religiosity matter for attitudes to immigration? The impact of economic insecurity and religious norms in Europe

When does religiosity matter for attitudes to immigration? The impact of economic insecurity and religious norms in Europe

Values in Life Domains in a Cross-National Perspective

Religious Mobility in the United States: The Effects of Income and Economic Mobility on Religious Conversion

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