Editing Unilineality (section)

== Unilineal descent organization and deep Christianization ==

Recent research<ref>"[https://www.academia.edu/30721172/Unilineal_Descent_Organization_and_Deep_Christianization_A_Cross-Cultural_Comparison Unilineal Descent Groups and Deep Christianization: A Cross-Cultural Comparison]", ''Cross-Cultural Research: the Journal of Comparative Social Science'' 37/1 (2003), p. 132–156.</ref> on the unilineal descent organization has studied variables that are usually regarded as the main causes of the decline of unilineal descent organization –&nbsp;viz. statehood, [[class stratification]] and commercialization&nbsp;– along with one not previously considered: deep [[Christianization]], defined here as having been Christianized over 500 years before ethnographic study. The research demonstrated that the traditionally accepted causes of the decline are less significant than deep Christianization, while the presence of unilineal descent groups [[Negative relationship|correlates negatively]] with [[communal democracy]] and is especially strong for complex traditional societies. Its conclusion is that as {{clarify span|the communal democracy correlates positively with the supracommunal one|date=January 2015}},  [[Christianization#Europe and Asia of the High and Late Middle Ages (800 to 1500)|Christianization]] might have contributed to the development of modern democracy by helping to replace unilineal descent organization in [[Europe]].