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Does anyone know what the study author actually means by religiosity? I couldn't find the "supplementary material," just a three page paper that shows some tabl
by User23 5y ago
Does anyone know what the study author actually means by religiosity? I couldn't find the "supplementary material," just a three page paper that shows some tables. Without knowing what the term means in this context it's hard to interpret the finding. Are they lumping together Christians, Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and every other faith tradition present in the USA in any quantity together? I'd be willing to bet that even within one of those religions you might find wildly different results.
For example Latin Mass attending Catholics who honestly try to live the Church's teachings fully may report a different happiness level than casual Catholics who show up to Church occasionally and don't really live the life that the Church teaches them to.
It's fair to differentiate between authentically lived religion and more hollow performative religion.