Religious Affiliation, Religious Attendance, and Participation in Social Change Organizations

How does religion affect an individual’s likelihood of volunteering for social change causes? This study reports on findings from an analysis of the 2005 wave of the COPPS supplement to the PSID to examine the effects of religious tradition (affiliation) and religious attendance (religiosity) on soc...

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Published in:Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly 2013-02, Vol.42 (1), p.34-58
Main Authors: Guo, Chao, Webb, Natalie J., Abzug, Rikki, Peck, Laura R. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adherents
Attendance
Buddhism
Church Membership
Evangelism
Judaism
Minorities
Organizations
Participation
Protestants
Religion
Religion & psychology
Religions
Religious aspects
Religious Beliefs
Religious participation
Social Change
Studies
Traditions
Volunteers
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Summary:How does religion affect an individual’s likelihood of volunteering for social change causes? This study reports on findings from an analysis of the 2005 wave of the COPPS supplement to the PSID to examine the effects of religious tradition (affiliation) and religious attendance (religiosity) on social change volunteering. We find that adherents to the more liberal Christian denominations—mainline Protestant and Catholic—are more likely to volunteer with social change organizations than are Evangelicals. We also find that adherents to other minority religions such as Judaism and Buddhism and individuals with no religious belief are all more likely to volunteer with social change organizations than are Evangelicals. We find a positive and significant relationship between religious attendance and social change volunteering, but find little difference in the effect of religious attendance on social change volunteering between Evangelicals and other religious traditions (except for Catholics).
ISSN:0899-7640
1552-7395
0899-7640
DOI:10.1177/0899764012473385