Religion and Esotericism among Students: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study

Höllinger, Franz; Smith, Timothy B.

doi:10.1080/13537900220125208

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“…Kääriäinen (1999) pointed out that so-called "seekers" (who can often be equated with those who believe in esotericism) are concentrated in the 18-39 age group. Höllinger and Smith (2002) came to the same conclusion for 25-to-40-year-olds in Austria. As a general observation concerning age, it can be thus stated that there is a negative correlation between belief in esoteric phenomena and age (see also Emmons and Sobal (1981) regarding the late 1970s in the USA).…”

Section: Heterodox Religiousness and Agesupporting

confidence: 74%

“Heterodox Religiousness” in Today’s Russia: Results of an Empirical Study

Belyaev

2011

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The author presents a selection of important results from a new representative population survey on the attitudes and experiences with various forms of heterodox (also sometimes called non-institutionalised, "eclectic" or "esoteric") religiousness, conducted in the Russian Federation in 2006 -the first survey in this country to have focused specifically on this kind of religiousness. The author shows that heterodox religiousness appears to have become the dominant form of religiousness in contemporary Russia and involves a larger proportion of the population than traditional Christian religiousness.L'auteur présente une sélection de résultats importants provenant d'une enquête réalisée sur une population représentative à propos des attitudes et expériences de formes variées de religiosité hétérodoxe (appelée parfois non institutionnalisée, "éclectique" ou "ésotérique"). Cette enquête a été menée dans la Fédéra-tion de Russie en 2006. Elle constituait la première enquête de ce pays centrée spécifiquement sur ce type de religiosité. L'auteur montre que la religiosité hétérodoxe est apparemment devenue la forme dominante de religiosité dans la Russie contemporaine et qu'elle rassemble une part plus importante de la population que la religiosité chrétienne traditionnelle.

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Section: Heterodox Religiousness and Agesupporting

confidence: 74%

“Heterodox Religiousness” in Today’s Russia: Results of an Empirical Study

Belyaev

2011

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“…On the other hand, it is an adequate sample to explore the central dynamics of religiosity, authoritarianism, and support for abstract democratic values. Moreover, Hollinger and Smith (2002) have shown that student populations are much more similar to their own society than to students in other countries; namely, as far as relationships between variables in this area are concerned, findings from students do typically generalize well to their populations. Laythe et al (2002) suggest that the use of student samples may confer some advantages.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 90%

The Effect of Religiosity on Endorsement of Democratic Values: The Mediating Influence of Authoritarianism

Canetti–Nisim

2004

Polit Behav

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This study addresses the as yet unaddressed question of the nature of the effects of religiosity and authoritarianism upon endorsement of abstract democratic values. Findings obtained through the analyses of structural equations show that, despite the unsettled political and security atmosphere, Israelis believe in democratic values to a considerable extent. Furthermore, findings do not fully support the theoretical expectation that religiosity is likely to decrease support for democratic values; namely, in and of itself, religiosity has a negligible impact on endorsement of democratic values. Yet again, analyses lend credence to theory on authoritarianism-the negative effect of religiosity on endorsement of democratic values results from the mediation of authoritarianism. These findings are understood and discussed with regard to theoretical implications. The major conclusion, then, in contrast to existing assumptions regarding religiosity and negation of democracy linkage, is that religiosity cannot be considered the sole direct root cause of negation of democracy.

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“…Among a second sample of 511 adults (with an age range of 16 to 74 years), Sjödin England (Francis, 2001;Smith, 2002), the Czech Republic (Quesnell, 2000), South Africa (Peltzer, 2003), and within a cross-cultural perspective (Höllinger & Smith, 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%