Theology

Felix Roleder

Verbundenheit, Vertrauen, Austrittsbereitschaft

Ein Gesamtmodell zu den Kerndimensionen evangelischer Kirchenbindung und ein vertiefender Blick mit der V. Kirchenmitgliedschaftsuntersuchung

Volume 120 () / Issue 1, pp. 81-123 (43)
Published 21.02.2023

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Why do church members (not) feel a sense of belonging and trust towards the Protestant Church in Germany? This paper conceptualizes the emergence and dynamic change of institutional belonging and trust as a multidimensional interplay of individual religiosity, biography, public discourses, social micro-context, pastoral interactions, and congregational activity. The empirical analysis identifies retention factors that stop members from leaving the church.