How secular is Europe?

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-288

  Halman, Loek ^a   Draulans, Veerle ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Europe; Pluralism; Rational choice; Religious practices; Secularization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; REVIEW; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744759234     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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