Jens Köhrsen
Religious Tastes - Religious Preferences and Social Contexts taken from the example of affiliation with Pentecostalism in Buenos Aires.
The research project examines individual religious choices in times of increasing religious plurality and individualization. By means of an empirical investigation in the religious field of Buenos Aires, the project will determine which factors influence the choice of religious affiliation. Of central concern is the question of whether actors choose their religious affiliation - and thus simultaneously a religious style - according to a system of religious preferences (religious tastes) or whether the choice of religious affiliation is based on the rational calculation of benefits - as suggested by rational choice theorists of religion - or whether religious choices are simply a product of coincidence. The empirical research is carried out in different Pentecostal churches in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
