Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values - A Comparative Perspective of Islamic and Non-Islamic Societies

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.

About the author

Abbas Mehregan, Ph.D. (2013), University of Cologne (Germany), is a sociologist and Islamic scholar. He has carried out several studies in the field of sociology of religion with an emphasis on Shia Islam and Shiite clerical institution.

Product details

• Authors: Abbas Mehregan
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2014
• EAN: 9789004269095
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26909-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: International Studies in Relig
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics