Exploring Individuals’ Religious Beliefs and Behaviors

An individual’s religiosity is a multi-dimensional concept consisting of behaviors, experiences, beliefs, and traditions. A person who believes in God may not attend religious services. Are they religious? What about a person who attends services without believing in God?

Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes.

In this learning module you will use survey data from the Association of Religion Data Archives to explore different aspects of individuals’ religiosity.

Skills Utilized

Interpreting graphs and tables

Identifying trends

Drawing conclusions from data

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