Contextualising the Religious Survey: Possibilities and Limitations

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Contextualising the Religious Survey : Possibilities and Limitations. / Trolle, Astrid Krabbe.

In: Religion and Society, Vol. 13, 2022, p. 151-163.

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Trolle, AK 2022, 'Contextualising the Religious Survey: Possibilities and Limitations', Religion and Society, vol. 13, pp. 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2022.130110

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Trolle, A. K. (2022). Contextualising the Religious Survey: Possibilities and Limitations. Religion and Society, 13, 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2022.130110

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Trolle AK. Contextualising the Religious Survey: Possibilities and Limitations. Religion and Society. 2022;13:151-163. https://doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2022.130110

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Trolle, Astrid Krabbe. / Contextualising the Religious Survey : Possibilities and Limitations. In: Religion and Society. 2022 ; Vol. 13. pp. 151-163.

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abstract = "Censuses and surveys represent a two-edged sword. They are both a technology of governance for national and former colonial administrations and a tool ofrecognition for the minoritized. In this article, I discuss the history of censuses andsurveys in a Danish context, arguing that the regional and local history of registration is crucial for understanding how and why religious identity becomes visible andimportant as a measure for the population. Applying the case of a national survey onreligiosity in relation to the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in 2020, I ask howreligion comes alive through the strategic use of artificial ideal types aimed at mappinga religious mainstream. Surveys introduce a distance to messy religious reality, therebyreducing complexity and richness. Yet this distance also allows the researcher to asknew questions that go beyond the immediate religious experience.",
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