Dear Abby
I completed my PhD last autumn and although it is not concerned with
children, but with abused women, I used similar methods and found that
numbers of women who still believed themselves to be Muslim, Christian etc
were no longer active in organised religion but still adhered to their
faith. I don't know if this helps but my research convinced me that
secularisation theories only apply to organised religion, they are not
necessarily reflective of people's believing.
Sue Jeffels
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abby Day Peters" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Census results
> I'm tempted to comment on Greg's observation, but am only embarking on my
> PhD on this issue. I'm predominantly relying on oral history to test broad
> secularisation and believing/belonging claims, through using qualitative
> methods. I am specifically exploring this along generation lines and
would
> be interested if anyone else has experience in this area.
>
> Abby Day Peters (PhD student at Lancaster University)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Census results
>
>
> > Very interesting and even more so when we can look at local
distributions.
> >
> > I'm surprised that no one on the list has yet commented on the 72% who
> > called themselves Christians..(are minorities always of more interest to
> > sociologists than the mainstream?)..and obviously we know this is not
> borne
> > out in church attendance figures or stonger measures of belief and
> > practice.. (Secularisation debate anyone?)
> >
> > I wonder if anyone has any thoughts about how this gap between
> affiliation,
> > believing and belonging plays out in other faith communities... I
suspect
> > there may be quite a variation according to religious cultures but dare
> not
> > hazard a guess as to the details.
> >
> > Greg Smith (Research Fellow at Centre for Institutional Studies in UEL)
> >
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