Anglophone Census and National Survey Data on New Religious Movements
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Anglophone Census and National Survey Data on New Religious Movements - Sects & Stats |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | James Lewis; University of Tromsø; Norway |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion; Cultural Anthropology; sociology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | religion surveys; census data on religion; new religious movements |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects (HRQM) |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | As discussed throughout this volume, an important source of information bearing on the question of numbers of adherents to alternative religions is national census data. The censuses of four English-speaking countries – New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom – collect information on religious membership that included select New Religions. There has also been an important series of religion surveys conducted in the United States, the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS). Though a few scholars of New Religions have referred to one or moreof these censuses, no one has attempted a general survey except this writer (Lewis 2004). Following an examination of one estimate of world religious adherents, this appendix examines census data for the light such data sheds on participation rates in alternative religions. In the final section, relevant data from the ARIS survey will also be examined. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2014 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/24764 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.24764 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Sects & Stats |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
New Zealand, Australia; United Kingdom; Canada; United States, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |