... international surveys on happiness and religion religion happiness religious affiliation social trends organized religion religious rituals Morale and happiness were staple interests among the early proponents of a project to develop “social indicators” (Duncan 1970 , 1975 ; Easterlin 1974 ; Andrews...

... a universal distrust of organized religion and the priests who enforced it. Indeed, the century ended with revolutions that focused minds on making new institutions, new laws, new hopes and dreams. Enlightenment Germany Milan Naples Austria Calvinism Catholic Church censorship Holy Roman Empire...