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This article aims to clarify the scope of questions about religion in population censuses, and attempts to explain why such questions were included or left out of censuses taken in different nations and periods. The quantitative aspect is a fundamental question for students of religion interested in knowing where it is possible to rely on statistics about the size of confessional groups and their basic characteristics. A common use of the census in connection with religion has been to create aggregates about the size of different congregations by nation, and to cross-tabulate this with other variables such as gender, occupations, ethnicity, or regions. Enumerations with questions about religion were performed in many countries from the mid-nineteenth century, but questions about religious affiliation never entered the US censuses, and were left out of most censuses in many other countries as is indicated in the map in figure 1. We shall try to clarify how pressure was put on statistical bureaus, parliaments, and governments to promote or hinder the inclusion of questions about religion.

Cet article propose un modèle théorique et méthodologique synthétique et compréhensif permettant de classer les définitions de la religion et leur opérationnalité. Après avoir rappelé que la religion n'est qu'un concept, cet article revient sur l'opposition entre approches substantives et fonctionnelles pour insister sur le caractère irréductible et indépassable de l'une et de l'autre. Dans un deuxième temps, l'article propose un modèle à trois niveaux (religieux, religion, religiosité) qui permet de mieux « situer » le domaine d'applicabilité des définitions de la religion. Replacé dans le modèle à trois niveaux, il devient possible de reprendre l'opposition entre approches substantives et fonctionnelles en spécifiant leurs domaines d'applicabilité respectifs et donc de montrer comment chacune est liée à un ensemble d'orientations de recherche possibles.

The main goal of the second issue of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, devoted entirely to religion and politics, is precisely to question the sense of a reconstruction of the mutual and simultaneous relations between these two spheres of social life. What does this process mean and where is it taking us?

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Religion and Law in Savigny. The subject is old and new at the same time. It's well known that the relation of law and religion in Savigny seems to be a central point in his system of law. But the relation itself and the more concrete consequences have not yet been investigated in the rather scattered sources. The study undertakes some first steps in this direction.
Inhalt: Einleitung, I. Christlich nach 1789, II. Religion und Recht bei Savigny: Quellenlage, III. Christliches im Recht bei Savigny, IV. Ergebnis