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Neither religious nor rational: heterodoxy and institutional trust
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Abstract According to the optimistic reading of the trust deficit in contemporary democracies, an increasingly non-religious and presumably more rational citizenry is naturally inclined to distrust public institutions. This modern shift is viewed as a positive check that can supposedly improve representative... mehr
According to the optimistic reading of the trust deficit in contemporary democracies, an increasingly non-religious and presumably more rational citizenry is naturally inclined to distrust public institutions. This modern shift is viewed as a positive check that can supposedly improve representative government. We propose a more nuanced understanding of the influence of supernatural beliefs on institutional trust. Specifically, we move beyond the popular analytical dichotomy between the religious and the non-religious by separating the non-religious into a non-believer segment and a segment hitherto overlooked by studies of political trust: unconventional or heterodox believers (e.g., in astrology, lucky charms, divination and faith healing, but not in conventional religion). Using comparative data from the International Social Survey Programme, we find that heterodox believers, similarly to non-believers, tend to distrust institutions, albeit for very different reasons. The previously ignored role of heterodox beliefs points to grave implications regarding the current trust deficit.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ISSP; Vertrauen; Religiosität; Einstellung; Wissenschaft; öffentliche Einrichtung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Religionssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
institutional trust; heterodoxy; anti-science attitudes; ISSP1991-1998-2008 (ZA5070 v1.1.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 1-26
Zeitschriftentitel
West European Politics (2022) OnlineFirst
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2145101
ISSN
1743-9655
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)