RT Journal Article
T1 Explanation of the Trends and Recent Changes in Spanish Society Regarding Belief in God: Atheism, Agnosticism, Deism, Skepticism, and Belief
A1 Herranz-de-Rafael, Gonzalo Vicente
A1 Fernández-Prados, Juan S.
K1 Religión -- España
AB This article deals with the different religious counterpoints or beliefs that traditions of philosophy and thought have fundamentally defined around five positions or options: atheist, agnosticism, deism, skepticism, and belief. The aim is to explore the sociological conditioning factors behind these profiles, offering a meaningful explanation to help us understand the trends and recent changes in Spanish society. To this end, we analyzed two surveys, for the years 2008 and 2018, of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) on Religion in the context of Spain. The results highlight the variables of gender, age, and ideology to describe specific profiles, explain religious choices, and understand trends. In addition to the trend towards secularization, the results manifest an increase in the number of atheists and a decrease of believers, show increasing radicalization and right-wing ideology among believers, and a greater grounding of the meaning of life in the existence of God alone.
PB IOAP-MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25898
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25898
LA eng
NO Herranz de Rafael, G.; Fernández-Prados, J.S. Explanation of the Trends and Recent Changes in Spanish Society Regarding Belief in God: Atheism, Agnosticism, Deism, Skepticism, and Belief. Religions 2022, 13, 1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13111086
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 3 mar 2026