Religion as Social Capital

Producing the Common Good

Buch | Hardcover

273 Seiten

2021
Baylor University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4813-1458-9 (ISBN)

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While Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone (2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital—an ironic omission since religion constitutes the most common form of voluntary association in America today. Featuring essays by prominent social scientists, this is the first book-length, systematic examination of the relationship between religion and social capital and what effects religious social capital has on democratic life in the United States.

Corwin E. Smidt is a professor of political science and director of the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the coauthor and editor of numerous books including The Bully Pulpit: The Politics of Protestant Clergy, Religion and The Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Field, and the forthcoming The New Religious Order in American Politics.

Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction, Corwin Smidt
2. Bowling Alone But Serving Together:, The Congregational Norm of Community Involvement, Ram A. Cnaan, Stephanie C. Boddie, and Gaynor I. Yancey
3. Religious Social Capital:, Its Nature, Social Location, and Limits, John A. Coleman, S. J.
4. Faith and Leadership in the Inner City: How Social Capital Contributes to Democratic Renewal, Mark A. Warren
5. Does Religion Matter?:, Projecting Democratic Power into the Public Arena, Richard L. Wood
6. Religion and Volunteering in America, David E. Campbell and Steven J. Yonish
7. The Religious Basis of Charitable Giving in America:, A Social Capital Perspective, Roger J. Nemeth and Donald A. Luidens
8. Ties That Bind and Flourish:, Religion and Social Capital in African-American Politics and Society, Frederick Harris
9. Social Capital and Societal Vision:, A Study of Six Farm Communities in Iowa, Janel Curry
10. Religious Involvement, Social Capital, and Political Engagement:, A Comparison of the United States and Canada, Corwin Smidt, John Green, James Guth, and Lyman Kellstedt
11. The Language of God in the City of Man:, Religious Discourse and Public Politics in America, Rhys H. Williams
12. Can Religion Revitalize Civil Society?, An Institutional Perspective, Robert Wuthnow
13. Religion, Social Capital, and Democratic Life: , Concluding Thoughts, Corwin Smidt
Notes, References, About the Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Zusatzinfo	hardcover does not include jacket
Verlagsort	Waco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4813-1458-0 / 1481314580
ISBN-13	978-1-4813-1458-9 / 9781481314589
Zustand	Neuware