Keeping or Losing Faith? Comparing Religion across Majority and Minority Youth in Europe

Müge Simsek, K. Jacob, F. Fleischmann, F. Tubergen
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In this chapter we explore how religious minority and majority youth are in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We find that minority youth are on average more often affiliated to a religion than majority youth, and mostly affiliated as Christians. We also study religious salience, praying and service attendance. The share of minority and majority youth who expresses that religion is important in their lives is higher than the share of youth who engages in daily prayer or weekly service attendance. Specifically, Muslim youth stand out as the most religious on all accounts. Our further comparison of the religious salience of youth with that of their parents reveals that intergenerational religious change has a declining tendency, though also quite some stability exists, especially among Muslim immigrants. Together, these findings suggest overall low levels of religious salience and practice among majority youth, in contrast to minority youth—in particular Muslims—and a general pattern of intergenerational decline in the importance of religion.
保持还是失去信心?比较欧洲多数青年和少数青年的宗教信仰
在这一章中,我们探讨了英国、德国、荷兰和瑞典的宗教少数派和多数派青年的情况。我们发现,少数族裔青年平均比多数族裔青年更倾向于信仰某种宗教,而且多数是基督徒。我们也学习宗教的重要性,祈祷和服务出席。少数族裔和多数族裔青年中表示宗教在他们生活中很重要的比例高于每天祈祷或每周参加礼拜的年轻人的比例。具体来说,穆斯林青年在所有方面都是最虔诚的。我们进一步比较了年轻人和他们的父母对宗教的重视程度,发现代际间的宗教变化有下降的趋势,尽管也存在一些稳定性,特别是在穆斯林移民中。综上所述,这些发现表明,与少数族裔年轻人(尤其是穆斯林)相比,多数年轻人对宗教的重视程度和实践程度总体较低,宗教重要性的代际下降是一种普遍模式。
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