Religion and Social Capital in Contemporary Europe: Results from the 1999/2000 European Values Study
The notion of social capital has recently gained prominence in academic discourse and social capital theory has been used to explain important differences in governmental performances and social and economic developments. Religion is not seldom assumed to create social trust and to support norms of...
| Published in: | Research in the social scientific study of religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2002
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | The notion of social capital has recently gained prominence in academic discourse and social capital theory has been used to explain important differences in governmental performances and social and economic developments. Religion is not seldom assumed to create social trust and to support norms of reciprocity, often regarded as two major components of social capital, and secularization and the increased emphasis on individual autonomy have been seen as threats to collective norms and the maintenance of social trust. However, the relationship between religion and social capital has received comparatively little attention. Therefore, it is of considerable interest to investigate the relationships between religion and social capital and their various components. Using the 1999/2000 European Values Study data from 29 countries, this paper explores the relationships between social capital and religion, and finds them to be generally unsubstantial. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004496200_006 |