To Conscience First, and to the Pope (Long) Afterwards? British Catholics and their Attitudes towards Morality and Structural Issues concerning the Catholic Church
To Conscience First, and to the Pope (Long) Afterwards? British Catholics and their Attitudes towards Morality and Structural Issues concerning the Catholic Church
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首先是良心，然后是教皇（很长一段时间）？
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10.1007/s13644-021-00452-3
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发表时间：
2023
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1.5
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Clements B
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作者：
Clements B
背景英国天主教徒的态度在近几十年来经历了重大的社会道德问题上的自由化，而天主教会的声誉由于公众反对其在这些问题上的传统教义而受到损害。但是，最近有比较少的调查，英国天主教徒的意见，这些辩论使用的调查，目的是在这个宗教community.PurposeThis article探讨在英国天主教徒之间的态度异质性的来源，影响天主教会的核心辩论。的目的是研究，首先，在英国天主教社区的群体更有可能符合或不同意教会的教义，其次，是否社会人口和宗教相关的态度不同，在不同类型的issues.MethodsThis文章使用了一个新的，具有全国代表性的调查天主教成年人在英国（n = 1823）。这项调查是用来研究天主教徒对一系列与罗马天主教会有关的问题的态度差异的来源。这些问题涉及祭司职任、个人道德和罪恶行为。OLS模型被用来评估社会人口，宗教社会化，和宗教承诺variables.ResultsThe研究结果表明，妇女一贯更自由，在他们的意见比男性的相对影响。更大的宗教承诺总是与支持的传统教义的Church.ConclusionsExploring天主教徒之间的态度异质性的来源，我们提供了新的见解的内部动态的“英国最大的少数民族”。最后，我们讨论的潜在影响，越来越多的“非版本”解释宗教神学的相关性超出了本研究的明确重点的民族和地理范围的话题。
BackgroundThe attitudes of Catholics in Britain have undergone significant liberalisation on social moral issues across recent decades, whilst the reputation of the Catholic Church has suffered due to public opposition to its traditional teachings on such issues. But there has been comparatively little recent investigation into British Catholics’ views on these debates using surveys aimed at this religious community.PurposeThis article examines the sources of attitudinal heterogeneity amongst Catholics in Britain on core debates affecting the Catholic Church. The aims are to examine, firstly, which groups within the British Catholic Community are more likely to conform to or to dissent from the Church's teachings and, secondly, whether the socio-demographic and religious correlates of attitudes vary across different types of issue.MethodsThis article uses a new, nationally representative survey of Catholic adults in Britain (n = 1823). The survey is used to examine the sources of variation in Catholics’ attitudes towards a range of issues relating to the Roman Catholic Church. These issues relate to the priesthood, personal morality, and sinful behaviours. OLS models are used to assesses the relative impact of socio-demographic, religious socialisation, and religious commitment variables.ResultsThe findings show that women are consistently more liberal in their views than men. Greater religious commitment is always associated with support for the traditional teachings of the Church.Conclusions and ImplicationsExploring the sources of attitudinal heterogeneity among Catholics, we provide new insights into the internal dynamics of ‘Britain's largest minority’. We conclude by discussing the potential effects of increasing ‘nonversion’ for interpreting religious statistics—a topic of relevance beyond the denominational and geographical confines of this study's explicit focus.