Reliģijas socioloģija
Sociology of Religion

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide insight into the development of comparative empirical sociological surveys on religion. The article focuses on the sociological theories that influenced empirical studies in France, Germany, Great Britain and America and on the specific features of the theoretical traditions in these countries. The article gives an overview of the main research topics of the European Values Study (EVS), International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and European Social Survey (ESS). The article analyses differences and similarities of research methods (questions, scales), the possibilities and constraints of data comparison. The authors examine publications which are based on International Social Survey Programme data, describe the most influential empirical researchers’ associations, most popular academic journals and data sources.

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