Examining religious beliefs among university students in Ankara

1996-06-01
Mutlu, K
At present, one important issue under discussion is whether Turkey will join the European Community, despite her being a Moslem country. This study shows that religious socialization among university students (N = 1099) is increasing, but not at the expense of democratic values. Although, religious socialization appears to increase, subjects overwhelmingly reject religious discrimination and fundamentalism. The data were collected in 1978 (N = 536) and in 1991 (N = 563), from groups at universities, in Ankara, which included the Faculty of Theological Studies.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

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Citation Formats
K. Mutlu, “Examining religious beliefs among university students in Ankara,” BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, pp. 353–359, 1996, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64031.