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Sind Frauen tatsächlich grundsätzlich religiöser als Männer? Internationale und interreligiöse Befunde auf Basis des Religionsmonitors 2008

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Einer der einflussreichsten Religionssoziologen der vergangenen Dekaden, Rodney Stark, fasste die Forschungsbefunde zur Religiosität von Frauen und Männern und zu Geschlechtsunterschieden in der Religiosität vor wenigen Jahren wie folgt zusammen: „The fact is that women were and are more religious than men in all known eras and religions and in all contemporary societies.“ (Stark 2008: 8). Die These, dass Frauen grundsätzlich (und immer schon) religiöser als Männer seien, findet sich auch in zahlreichen religionssoziologischen und -psychologischen Lehrbüchern (z.B. Argyle/Beit-Hallahmi, 1975, Batson/Schoenrade/Ventis 1993, Furseth/Repstad 2006, Hood/Hill/Spilka 2009, Trzebiatowska/Bruce, 2012) und Überblicksartikeln (z.B. Collett/Lizardo 2009, Francis 1997, Miller/Hoffmann 1995, Stark 2002), wiewohl die Begründungen, die dafür von den jeweiligen AutorInnen gegeben werden, im einzelnen variieren. Mittlerweile existiert ein ganzes Bündel unterschiedlicher Theorien, die versuchen, den vermeintlich universellen Geschlechtsunterschied in der Religiosität zu erklären (vgl. Francis 1997, Trzebiatowska/Bruce, 2012).

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  1. Abteilung Theologie, Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie, Theologie, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Deutschland

    Dr. des. Constantin Klein

  2. Forschungsstelle Biographische Religionsforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie, Theologie, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501, Bielefeld, Deutschland

    Dr. Barbara Keller

  3. Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Theodor-W.-Adorno Platz 6, 60629, Frankfurt, Deutschland

    Prof. Dr. Richard Traunmüller

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Klein, C., Keller, B., Traunmüller, R. (2017). Sind Frauen tatsächlich grundsätzlich religiöser als Männer? Internationale und interreligiöse Befunde auf Basis des Religionsmonitors 2008. In: Sammet, K., Benthaus-Apel, F., Gärtner, C. (eds) Religion und Geschlechterordnungen. Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17391-3_5

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