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Author Mehregan, Abbas.

Title Religion, religiosity, and democratic values : a comparative perspective of Islamic and non-Islamic societies / by Abbas Mehregan
Published Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series International Studies in Religion and Society
International studies in religion and society.
Contents Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Democratic Values, Islamic Principles, and Political Democracy; Democratic Values and Political Democracy; Islam and Free Market Economics; Islam and Civil Society; Theory of Political Modernization: Influencing Factors on Political Modernization; 2. Religiosity, Market Economics, Civil Society: Comparisons of 60 Societies; Religiosity in Cross-National Perspective; Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in 60 Societies
Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Cross-National ComparisonThe Relationship between Democratic Political Tradition, HDI, and Predominant Religion of Societies; 3. The Link between Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values: Multilevel Analyses; Introduction; Religion, Religiosity, and Free Market Economics in Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and Folk-Religion Societies; Religion, Religiosity, and Confidence in Traditional, Modern, and Post-Modern Civil Society Organizations in Various Types of Religious Societies
Religiosity and Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in Sunni and Shia Islamic SocietiesReligiosity and Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Sunni and Shia Islamic Societies; Discussion and Conclusions; Appendix 1: Materials and Method; Appendix 2: Additional Descriptive Statistics; Bibliography; Index
Summary In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values, Abbas Mehregan examines empirically the effects of individual religiosity, historical religion, institutional democracy, and socioeconomic development on attitudes towards free market economics and confidence in civil society organizations in 60 Islamic and non-Islamic societies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Islam and civil society.
Islam and world politics.
Islam and social problems.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
International relations
Islam and civil society
Islam and social problems
Islam and world politics
SUBJECT Islamic countries -- Relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006002052
Subject Islamic countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004274464
9004274464
9004269096
9789004269095