Yearbook of international religious demography 2017 / / edited by Brian J. Grim, Todd M. Johnson, Vegard Skirbekk, Gina A. Zurlo.

• TeilnehmendeR: Grim, Brian J.; Johnson, Todd M. 1958-; Skirbekk, Vegard.; Zurlo, Gina A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Yearbook of International Religious Demography 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 pages) :; illustrations

The Yearbook of International Religious Demography presents an annual snapshot of the state of religious statistics around the world. Every year large amounts of data are collected through censuses, surveys, polls, religious communities, scholars, and a host of other sources. These data are collated and analyzed by research centers and scholars around the world. Large amounts of data appear in analyzed form in the World Religion Database (Brill), aiming at a researcher’s audience. The Yearbook presents data in sets of tables and scholarly articles spanning social science, demography, history, and geography. Each issue offers findings, sources, methods, and implications surrounding international religious demography. Each year an assessment is made of new data made available since the previous issue of the yearbook. The 2017 volume features a wide range of subjects, including religious demography in Botswana, Protestantism in Guatemala, life satisfaction in Japan, fertility rates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the movement of Muslims from the Middle East to Europe. Contributors are: Todd M. Johnson, Gina Zurlo, Peter Crossing, Muhammad Haron, Rachel M. McCleary, Robert J. Barro, Kimiko Tanaka, Jeong-Hwa Ho, Nan E. Johnson, Antonius Liedhegener, Anastas Odermatt, Michaela Potančoková, Marcin Stonawski, Anna Krysińska, Anaïs Simard-Gendron, Simona Bignami, Robert Dixon, Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, and Maria Concepción Servín Nieto.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Religious Demographic Data -- The World by Religion / Todd M. Johnson , Gina A. Zurlo and Peter F. Crossing -- Religions by Continent / Todd M. Johnson , Gina A. Zurlo and Peter F. Crossing -- Case Studies and Methodology -- Botswana’s Religious Demographics: A Comparative Insight into It’s 2001 and 2011 Censuses / Muhammed Haron -- Measuring the Presence of Protestants in Guatemala, 1882–2011 / Rachel M. McCleary and Robert J. Barro -- Linking Religiosity to Life Satisfaction in Japan and the United States / Kimiko Tanaka , Jeong-Hwa Ho and Nan E. Johnson -- Religious Affiliation and Religious Plurality in Europe: Introducing a New Approach of Estimating Country Data Based on Metadatabase-comparison / Antonius Liedhegener and Anastas Odermatt -- How Many More Muslims? The Effect of Increased Numbers of Asylum Seekers on the Size of Muslim Population in European Countries / Michaela Potančoková , Marcin Stonawski and Anna Krysińska -- God or the State? The Role of Religiosity and Nationalism to Explain Fertility Differentials in Israel and the Jewish Settlements of the West Bank and Gaza Strip / Anaïs Simard-Gendron and Simona Bignami -- The Demography of Australia’s Catholics: Method and Applications / Robert Dixon -- Data Sources -- Data Sources / Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa and María Concepción Servín Nieto.