Social perception of religious freedom: Testing the impact of secularism and state-religion relations

被引:4
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作者
Breskaya, Olga [1 ]
Giordan, Giuseppe [2 ]
Zrinscak, Sinisa [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Philosophy Sociol Educ & Appl Psychol, Via Martiri Liberta 2, I-35137 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Padua, Dept Philosophy Sociol Educ & Appl Psychol, Via Cesarotti 10-12, I-35123 Padua, Italy
[3] Univ Zagreb, Fac Law, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
关键词
Italy; political secularism; religious freedom; religious identity; social inclusion; state-religion relations; HUMAN-RIGHTS; SOCIOLOGY;
D O I
10.1177/00377686211017493
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
The measures and correlates of religious freedom constitute a comparatively new area of study eliciting research at the level of state agency and judicial institutions. The article adds to this the individual level of analysis by introducing a five-dimensional concept of the Social Perception of Religious Freedom (SPRF). It discusses results of its testing on a convenience sample of 1035 Italian University students. We examine the predictive power of 'passive' and 'assertive' secularism and patterns of state-religion relations vis-a-vis SPRF. While 'passive' secularism has a significant positive influence on four of five dimensions of religious freedom, the 'assertive' secularism has no effect on it. Findings suggest that the models of an endorsed Catholic Church and state control over religion have mostly negative effects on the SPRF. Moreover, individuals with stronger religious identity are more supportive of the endorsed models of state-religion relations while politically engaged respondents do not favor them.
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页码:282 / 300
页数:19
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