Yearbook of international religious demography 2016 / / edited by Brian J. Grim [and three others].

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [2016]
2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Yearbook of International Religious Demography 3.
Physical Description:1 online resource (255 pages) :; illustrations
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Other title:Preliminary Material /
The World by Religion /
Religions by Continent /
Religious Beliefs and Practices in Argentina: An Approach from Quantitative Data /
African Pentecostal Churches in Italy: A Troubled Presence in a Catholic Country /
Changing Religion, Changing Economies: Future Global Religious and Economic Growth /
Exploring Islam in the Americas from Demographic and Ethnographic Perspectives /
Faith and Health Globally /
Shifting Christian Identities in Brazil: What the Numbers (Do Not) Show /
Religious Demographics and Democracy /
Data Sources /
Glossary /
World Religions by Country /
Index /
Summary: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. Contributors are: Todd Johnson, Gina Zurlo, Peter Crossing, Juan Cruz Esquivel, Fortunato Mallimaci, Annalisa Butticci, Brian Grim, Philip Connor, Ken Chitwood, Vegard Skirbekk, Marcin Stonawski, Rodrigo Franklin de Sousa, Davis Brown, Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, and Maria Concepción Servín Nieto.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004322140
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Brian J. Grim [and three others].