Religious Switching: Preference Development, Maintenance, and Change
Religious Switching: Preference Development, Maintenance, and Change
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宗教转换：偏好的发展、维持和改变
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2003
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Matthew T. Loveland
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Matthew T. Loveland
多达三分之一的美国人在一生中的某个时候改变了宗教信仰。这种宗教流动性的预测因素是什么？本文使用一个修改后的理性选择框架来解释宗教偏好的发展、维持和变化。虽然经典的理性选择理论假设偏好是稳定的，但本文认为偏好是可变的，社会互动可以维持或改变个人偏好的宗教选择。偏好形成的文化理论被用来考虑理性选择理论经常忽视的社会约束。研究结果表明，童年社会化不水泥的宗教偏好，正式加入教会，而长大的行为，以稳定的偏好，在实践中的失误增加了切换的可能性，以及“独特的”教派产生的宗教偏好，减少个人切换。
Up to one–third of Americans switch religions at some time during their lives. What are the predictors of this religious mobility? This article addresses this question using a modified rational choice framework to explain the development, maintenance, and change of religious preferences. Although classical rational choice theory assumes that preferences are stable, this article suggests that preferences are variable and that social interaction works to maintain or change an individual's preferred religious choice. A cultural theory of preference formation is applied to allow for the social constraint rational choice theory often ignores. Findings suggest that childhood socialization does not cement religious preference, that formally joining a church while growing up acts to stabilize preferences, that lapsing in practice increases the likelihood of switching, and that “distinctive” denominations generate religious preferences that reduce individual switching.