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Andrew Greeley & Michael Hout (1999) analyzed trends reflecting the afterlife beliefs of Jews & Catholics. Their conclusions are deemed statistically inaccurate. Consideration for the effects of age, period, cohort, & gender are absent. Moreover, because Greeley & Hout fail to accura...

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Published in:American sociological review 2001-02, Vol.66 (1), p.146-152
Main Author: Stolzenberg, Ross M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afterlife
Coefficients
Cohort effect
Comment and Reply
Comparative Analysis
Death
Error of Measurement
Gender differences
Jewish Cultural Groups
Jewish peoples
Jews
Judaism
Men
Methodological Problems
Prayer
Religious Beliefs
Roman Catholics
Sociology
Sociology of religion
Statistical significance
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Summary:Andrew Greeley & Michael Hout (1999) analyzed trends reflecting the afterlife beliefs of Jews & Catholics. Their conclusions are deemed statistically inaccurate. Consideration for the effects of age, period, cohort, & gender are absent. Moreover, because Greeley & Hout fail to accurately describe the beliefs of Orthodox, Conservative, & Reform Jews, all of their comparisons of the religious beliefs of Catholics & Jews are highly questionable. In short, the faulty research methods employed by Greeley & Hout cast doubt on nearly all of their conclusions. 2 Tables, 13 References. K. A. Larsen
ISSN:0003-1224
1939-8271
DOI:10.1177/000312240106600108