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In 1972, 98% of the resident population in Switzerland still belonged to a Christian church. By 2022, this proportion had fallen to just under 60%. While the proportion of national churches is declining, in some cases dramatically, migrant and free churches are on the rise. In some cases, high growth rates can be observed among other religions, to which over 7% of the resident population now belong, of which 5.7% are accounted for by Islamic communities alone. By far the highest growth rate is seen in the non-denominational group, which will be the largest group in 2022 at 34%. However, it is not only the institutional structure of religion that is undergoing profound change. The individual constructions of religious and spiritual identities are also changing. As a result of individualisation processes, they are becoming increasingly disconnected from institutional guidelines. The result is a variety of individual religious constructions, some of which are "free-floating". In this lecture, various facets of the changing religious landscape in Switzerland will be outlined and discussed in relation to their social, psychological and religious conditions. In doing so, we are guided by concepts from the psychology and sociology of religion (centrality and multidimensional structure of religiosity, secularisation thesis, individualisation thesis, popular religion, spirituality). Empirical findings from population-representative studies since 1989 will be presented.
The event will be realised in a hybrid format. The lectures will be transmitted online via Zoom and recorded so that they are available to participants as podcasts.
Literature:
• Dubach, Alfred, Campiche Roland (Hg.) (1993). Jeder ein Sonderfall? Religion in der Schweiz, Zürich: NZZ Buchverlag.
• Campiche, Roland J. (2004). Die zwei Gesichter der Religion. Faszination und Entzauberung, Zürich: TVZ.
• Huber, S. (2009). Der Religionsmonitor 2008: Strukturierende Prinzipien, operationale Konstrukte, Auswertungsstrategien. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Hg.), Woran glaubt die Welt? Analysen und Kommentare zum Religionsmonitor 2008 (S. 17-52), Gütersloh.
• Huber, S. (2011). Religiosität und Spiritualität im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ein Überblick. In F. Balck, H. Berth, C. Klein (Hg.). Die Bedeutung von Religion für die Gesundheit. Konzepte – Befunde – Erklärungsansätze (S. 163-187). Weinheim.
• Stolz, J., Könemann, J., Schneuwly Prudie, M, Engelberger, T., Krüggeler, M. (2014). Religion und Spiritualität in der Ich-Gesellschaft. Zürich: TVZ. |
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