Religion monitor
The Religion Monitor is an international empirical study on religiosity and religiosity in relation to social cohesion, carried out for the second time in 2012 by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in collaboration with scientists from various disciplines ( religious studies , sociology , psychology , political science , theology ) . In the first study from 2007/08, the focus was on individual religiosity. In 2012/13, in addition to individual religiosity, the connection between religiosity and values and attitudes towards social cohesion was surveyed. The religion monitor should be repeated at regular intervals.
Religion Monitor 2008
For the Religion Monitor 2008, 1000 representatively selected people in 21 countries around the world were surveyed about their religiosity and beliefs in 2007. The survey was carried out in Australia , Brazil , Germany , France , Great Britain , Guatemala , India , Indonesia , Israel , Italy , Morocco , Nigeria , Austria , Poland , Russia , Switzerland , Spain , South Korea , Thailand , Turkey and the USA by the research institute TNS Emnid conducted either as a telephone or face-to-face interview. In the samples, socio-demographic factors were taken into account as a percentage according to their share in the total population. As the proportion of Muslims in Germany was limited to 21 respondents, a special study was carried out here in 2008 among 2,000 representatively selected Muslims.
The results of the Religionsmonitor 2008 were published in the form of two main book publications (“Religionsmonitor 2008” and “What does the world believe in?”). Individual evaluations and data from the survey were available as PDF files on the project homepage. The special study on Muslim religiosity was also made available in the form of brochures in various languages (German, English, Turkish) on the project website. In addition to the evaluations and publication, there was the survey interview as an interactive online survey for both individuals and groups, with which a personal religious profile could be created.
Religion Monitor 2013
For the Religion Monitor 2013, telephone and face-to-face interviews were carried out in 13 countries at the end of 2012. Each 1,000 representatively selected people were interviewed in Great Britain , Sweden , Switzerland , France , Spain , Canada , the USA , Turkey , Israel , Brazil , India and South Korea . In Germany , in addition to 1,600 respondents, 400 representatively selected Muslims were interviewed. The samples were weighted according to socio-demographic factors. The survey was carried out by the research institute infas .
The first results of the Religion Monitor 2013 were published in April 2013. These and all subsequent publications, such as an initial overview evaluation of the international data, were published in the form of brochures and made available as PDF files on the project website of the Religion Monitor. Two brochures with the German data (authors: Olaf Müller and Detlef Pollack ) and with the international comparative data (author: Gert Pickel ) are available as core publications .
literature
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Religionsmonitor 2008 . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-06465-9 .
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Religionsmonitor 2008 . Muslim Religiosity in Germany: Overview of Religious Attitudes and Practices. Gütersloh 2008 ( bertelsmann-stiftung.de [PDF; accessed on March 28, 2019]).
- Fundación Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.): Religionsmonitor 2008 . Spain: Overview of Religious Attitudes and Practices. Gütersloh 2008 ( bertelsmann-stiftung.de [PDF; accessed on March 28, 2019]).
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.): What does the world believe in? Analyzes and comments on the Religion Monitor 2008. Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-89204-949-4 ( bertelsmann-stiftung.de [accessed on March 28, 2019]).
- Gert Pickel: Religion Monitor. Understand what connects. Religiousness and cohesion in Germany. Ed .: Bertelsmann Foundation. Gütersloh 2013 ( bertelsmann-stiftung.de [PDF; accessed on March 28, 2019]).