Do secular and religious social networks meet the same individual and societal needs?
Research by Putnam and Campbell (2010), among others, seems to indicate that church-based religious social networks are larger and more conducive to happiness, volunteering, and charitable donating than secular social networks. Are those in church-based religious networks necessarily happier, more c...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2017, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 309-312 |
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B Secularization B Religion B non-affiliation |
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Summary: | Research by Putnam and Campbell (2010), among others, seems to indicate that church-based religious social networks are larger and more conducive to happiness, volunteering, and charitable donating than secular social networks. Are those in church-based religious networks necessarily happier, more civically engaged and altruistic? If so, why? Herein, we call for focused research on the comparative structural differences between religious and secular networks. |
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ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249912 |