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As the Flocks Gather: How Religion Affects Voluntary Association Participation
Author(s) -
Lam Pui–Yan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal for the scientific study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1468-5906
pISSN - 0021-8294
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5906.00127
Subject(s) - religiosity , voluntary association , association (psychology) , citizen journalism , affect (linguistics) , flock , turnover , sociology , sociology of religion , social psychology , psychology , political science , social science , law , medicine , management , economics , communication , veterinary medicine , psychotherapist
This study investigates the relationship between different dimensions of religiosity and voluntary association participation using data from Queen’sUniversity’s 1996 “God and Society in North America” survey. I look at the participatory, devotional, affiliative, and theological dimensions of religiosity and examine how they affect voluntary association participation at three different levels: membership, volunteering, and serving on a committee. The results show that all four religious dimensions have considerable, but distinctive, influences on secular voluntary association participation.