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Revue française de sociologie
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I.S.B.N.
200 pages

p. 99 à 129
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Volume 47 2006/5

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Trends in Religious Feeling in Europe and Russia

Yves Lambert

Résumé de l'article

The 1981 and 1990 European Values Surveys showed a decline for almost all religious variables, a decline even sharper among young people, except for belief in an afterlife. The younger the respondents, the less religious they were likely to be. These results confirmed the thesis of increasing secularization in Europe and the West. However, the most recent, 1999 survey shows this downward trend to be counterbalanced by two other tendencies: internal Christian renewal and increased “believing without belonging”, both phenomena that are clearly more developed among young people. The respective strengths of these three developments vary by country surveyed. The same phenomena are even more pronounced in Eastern European (former communist bloc) countries and in Russia, once again particularly among young people. The changes may be interpreted as a turning point after the break with religiosity that characterized the 1960s and 70s.

Plan de l'article

• Religious evolution according to the 1981,1990, and 1999 European Values Surveys

• Analysis in terms of age, generation, aging, and period

— Evolution of a few key indicators from 1981 to 1999 by cohort, France

• Three trends operative in Western Europe : exit from religion, Christian renewal, believing without belonging

— Continued exit from religion

— Development of religiosity without religious belonging

— Christian renewal

• Sharper rise in religiosity in Eastern Europe and Russia

• Trend reversal in other areas

• Towards an overall explanation for the changes underway

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