How the Religious Cleavages of Civil Society Shape National Identity

Author:

Schnabel Annette1,Hjerm Mikael2

Affiliation:

1. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

2. Umeå Universitet, Sweden

Abstract

This article focuses on religion and the embeddedness in civil society. We examine the relationship between religion and national identity (ethnic and civic). Our findings show that individual religiosity continues to play an important role in sustaining both forms of national identity. In addition to other studies, we examine the relationship between religion as a societal phenomenon and individual national identity and find the following: The stronger the relationship between state and religion, the stronger the ethnic identity; the more the religious homogeneity, the stronger the ethnic identity; and there is no relationship between aggregated degree of religious organizations and identity. We conclude that religion continues to play a major role in the making of civil society, but the specific circumstances vary according to the religious representation. In other words, religion can both make and unmake national identity.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Social Sciences,General Arts and Humanities

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