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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Title
The Diversity of Religious Diversity. Using Census and NCS Methodology in Order to Map and Assess the Religious Diversity of a Whole Country
Title of the book
Religious Pluralism. Framing Religious Diversity in the Contemporary World
Author(s)
Monnot C., Stolz J.
Publisher
Heidelberg: Springer
ISBN
9783319066226
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2014
Editor
Giordan G., Pace E.
Chapter
6
Pages
73-91
Language
english
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Diversité religieuse, communauté, Suisse, National Congregation Study
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