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Francis, Leslie J., Breskaya, O. and McKenna, Ursula (2020) Attitudes toward civil human rights among Italian students of sociology : the effects of religion and theology. Religions, 11 (12). 643. doi:10.3390/rel11120643
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11120643
Abstract
Connecting with and building on the research tradition established by The International Empirical Research Programmes in Religion and Human Rights, this study explores the power of two measures shaped within empirical theology (the Theology of Religions Index that distinguishes seven ways in which religions may be viewed and the New Indices of God Images that distinguishes between the God of Grace and the God of Law) to predict individual differences in attitude toward civil human rights among students of sociology under the age of thirty who had lived in Italy all their lives, after taking into account the effect of baptismal status (Catholic or not Catholic) and frequency of mass attendance. Data provided by 1046 participants demonstrated that more positive attitudes toward civil human rights are associated with being male, with not being baptised Catholic, with not attending mass, and with the God of Grace, but not with the God of Law. Five of the positions identified within the framework of the theology of religions are significant predictors of attitude toward civil human rights: the most positive attitude is associated with atheism and the least positive attitude is associated with exclusivism. View Full-Text
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Empirical theology, Psychology, Religious -- Italy, Human rights -- Italy, Catholic Church | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Religions | ||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI Publishing | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2077-1444 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 December 2020 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 January 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 11 | ||||||
| Number: | 12 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 643 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/rel11120643 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
| Description: | Special issue edited by Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Religion and Human Rights : Complementary or Contrary? |
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