Have the Inhabitants of France, Great Britain, Spain, and the US Been Secularized? An Analysis Comparing the Religious Data in These Countries

This paper carries out a comparative analysis of the religious beliefs and practices residents in France, Spain, United Kingdom, States America, using two waves World Values Survey. The main objective is to investigate impact that secularization has had on experience these countries. More specifically, prospection carried around Christian creed its Protestant Catholic manifestations, understood as majority To carry this task, we compiled series data distributed following categories: Contextualization: importance religion within different aspects life; level religiosity membership denominations; sphere beliefs: Belief God, belief life after death, hell, heaven; scope practices; nones. Subsequently, an explanatory-interpretative articulated four questions or challenges faced by forms context secularization: 1. crisis Christianity; 2. thesis European exceptionalism; 3. rise In conclusion, analyzed allow us affirm—with nuances—the following: existence process dechurching heart confirmation case exceptional if compare it with other trends cultural programs secularization; area greatest linked community practice, something allows research adhere Davie’s thesis, which defines current situation believing without belonging; 4. consequence dechurching, there social group adscription: