ABSTRACT
Although we have witnessed a clear tendency toward secularization during the last decades (Dobbelaere, 1993; Norris & Inglehart, 2004), religion continues to play an important role in contemporary European societies (Stark & Finke, 2000). A vast body of research has shown that, even today, religious outlooks continue to structure the individual’s values, attitudes, and behavior (see Ervasti, 2008). At the same time, the degree to which individuals participate in religious life is not evenly spread across the population, but instead depends on the individual’s social-structural position in society. In this sense, religiosity can be seen as an important intermediary variable between social structure, on the one hand, and attitude patterns, on the other.
