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1 online resource. Provides an introduction to international religious demography, outlining the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it. Introduction -- Overview. Global religious populations, 1910-2010 -- Regional religious populations, 1910-2010 -- Religious diversity -- Projecting religious populations, 2010-50 -- Data and methods. Defining religion and religious identity -- Religious demography as an emerging discipline -- Major sources and collections of data -- Analyzing data on religion -- Dynamics of change in religious populations -- Case studies. Estimating changes in the global Muslim population -- Factors driving change in the global Muslim population -- Estimating China's religious populations -- Assessing religious populations in the Sudans -- Migration and religious diasporas -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index. Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim with Gina A. Bellofatto; foreword by Peter L. Berger. Includes bibliographical references and index. Religions Statistics RELIGION Comparative Religion RELIGION Essays RELIGION Reference Religions Religions Statistics BL80.3 200.2/1 Johnson, Todd M. (Todd Michael), 1958- Hoboken : Wiley, 2013 (DLC) 2012047272 9781118323038 (ePub) 1118323033 (ePub) 9781118323007 (Adobe PDF) 1118323009 (Adobe PDF) 9781118323014 (MobiPocket) 1118323017 (MobiPocket) 9781118555767 1118555767 1299402232 9781299402232 2013005000 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118555767 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118555767 DLC 130205 20171112083019.0 ocn826899669 eng