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A Mall Intercept Survey on Religion and Worldview in the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa
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Abstract This study analyzes worldviews and religious beliefs and practices in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, using a mall intercept survey of n=513 visitors to five shopping centers. Variables considered included demographic characteristics, measures of religiosity and religious pluralism, ... view more
This study analyzes worldviews and religious beliefs and practices in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, using a mall intercept survey of n=513 visitors to five shopping centers. Variables considered included demographic characteristics, measures of religiosity and religious pluralism, participation in religious activities, and supernaturalism (both related and unrelated to a traditional Christian-Abrahamic worldview). The majority (69.4%) of respondents identifies as Christian, though denominational affiliation is very diverse. The other two prevalent religious affiliations are the African Traditional Religion (16.4%) and Islam (11.7%). Only 1.6% of the respondents self-identified as non-religious, a smaller percentage than has been found in research on Cape Town as a whole or South Africa nationally. The degree of self-reported religiosity, participation in religious activities, and belief in supernatural phenomena are all high. Associations between demographic characteristics and religion and worldview variables are analyzed in detail.... view less
Keywords
Republic of South Africa; religiousness; Weltanschauung; spirituality; church attendance; religious affiliation; demographic factors
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
mall intercept; survey; Cape Flats; International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Religion III - ISSP 2008 (ZA4950, Datenfile Version 2.3.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13161); South African 2011 Census
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-30
Journal
Journal for the Study of Religion, 32 (2019) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2019/v32n1a3
ISSN
2413-3027
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0