10.17192/mjr.2007.11.3624 Blume, Michael Michael Blume Ramsel, Carsten Carsten Ramsel Graupner, Sven Sven Graupner Religiosity as a demographic factor - an underestimated connection? Marburg Journal of Religion : Vol 11 No 1 (2007) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2007 Institute for Comparative Cultural Research - Study of Religions and Anthropology 2015-06-01 2015-06-01 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2007/115/3624 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2007-115-36240 https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2007.11.1 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2007/115/3624/3624.png 1612-2941 application/pdf Two topics are currently the subject of separate discussions in science and society: the demographic shift and the “return of the religions.“ This article appeals to data from the ALLBUS 1 survey of 2002 to demonstrate that these two phenomena (as well as a number of other questions) can be explained if the connection between religiosity and birth-behavior is taken into account. 1612-2941 Marburg Journal of Religion Vol 11 No 1 (2007)