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Less Religion, Better Society? On Religion, Secularity, and Prosperity in Scandinavia
Author(s) -
Lejon Kjell,
Agnafors Marcus
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2011.00619.x
Subject(s) - prosperity , secularity , narrative , political science , religious studies , sociology , philosophy , law , linguistics
: Phil Zuckerman argues in his book Society without God that Scandinavian secularity is strongly correlated to Scandinavian prosperity. In this article, we argue that such usage is premature. First, there are methodological issues that are not properly dealt with. Second, providing a causal narrative in addition to mere correlation is needed. Third, we argue that the causes of Scandinavian prosperity are found in close connection to Scandinavian Lutheranism.