Beyond Individuals and States: Religiosity, Nationalism and Political Discourse

Abstract

This panel gathers contributions which apply both qualitative and quantitative methods in political sociology and sociology of religion research. Measuring religiosity and its numerous impacts has been a disputable question among social scientists for quite some time. Such theoretical concepts as religious and national identity can be constructed, and their impact on various political and social outcomes can be estimated. Such measure as church attendance can serve alternatively as an explanatory or explained variable. In some models, it can be regarded as an individual attribute, or personal trait, which affects consequent behaviour, while in other models it can be regarded as an outcome or behaviour that is influenced by various factors. The panel on religiosity, nationalism and political discourse might be of interest for scholars who regard the influence of religion on society and politics and vice versa as important themes in contemporary research.

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