The Diversity of Religious Diversity. Using Census and NCS Methodology in Order to Map and Assess the Religious Diversity of a Whole Country
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Partie de livre
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Chapitre: chapitre ou section
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Titre
The Diversity of Religious Diversity. Using Census and NCS Methodology in Order to Map and Assess the Religious Diversity of a Whole Country
Titre du livre
Religious Pluralism. Framing Religious Diversity in the Contemporary World
Editeur
Heidelberg: Springer
ISBN
9783319066226
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
06/2014
Editeur⸱rice scientifique
Giordan G., Pace E.
Numéro de chapitre
6
Pages
73-91
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Religious diversity is often captured in "mapping studies" that use mostly qualitative methods in order to map and assess the religious communities in a given area. While these studies are useful, they often present weaknesses in that they treat only limited geographic regions, give limited possibilities of comparing across religious groups and cannot test theories. In this chapter, we show how a census and a quantitative National Congregations Study (NCS) methodology can be combined in order to map and assess the religious diversity of a whole country (Switzerland), overcoming the problems mentioned above. We show the methodological steps and selected results concerning organizational, geographic, structural, and cultural diversity.
Mots-clé
Diversité religieuse, communauté, Suisse, National Congregation Study
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21/07/2014 14:23
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20/08/2019 15:40