Abstract
The paper uses the fortunes of religion in the Nordic and Baltic States to identify weaknesses in the supply-side model of religious behaviour promoted by Stark, Finke and Iannaccone. Changes in religious observance in the Nordic countries over the twentieth century, and comparisons between them, contradict a number of supply-side propositions. Comparisons between the Baltic states similarly show no support for supply-side claims. Instead both clusters suggest that the fate of religion owes more to its links with ethnicity than to issues of state regulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-46 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
| Volume | 39 |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- SECULARIZATION
- PARTICIPATION
- PLURALISM
- BEHAVIOR
- ORIGINS
- MARKET
- WALES