Networks and Religion: Ties that Bind, Loose, Build Up, and Tear Down

Everton, Sean F.

doi:10.21307/joss-2019-020

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“…Religious assistance is shown both empirically and theoretically to increase political aid 39 and civic commitment. 40,41 However, the motives behind such commitment could be due to rent-seeking, which increases political corruption. In addition, there are other economic motivations for those who are religious: religion can add to an individual's moral character, as a principal value in transaction of the marketplace.…”

Section: Religiositymentioning

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Penta-Helix Model of E-Government in Combating Corruption in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Moderating Effect of Religiosity

Purnamasari

Amran²,

Nu'man³

et al. 2022

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Background: E-government is an initiative taken by governments worldwide to align the administration of their countries. Governments have utilized the internet as part of a transition into a globalized economy. This helps reduce red tape and procedures in dealing with people in government agencies. This study aims to develop an e-government model as an anti-corruption strategy by applying the Penta-helix model and religiosity as the moderating variable. Methods: The data was gathered from government officials, representatives in business, media, academia, and NGOs, in Indonesia and Malaysia in 2021. Online questionnaires were distributed to 240 respondents from Indonesia and Malaysia. In addition, SPSS v.25 and SEM AMOS v.25 were used to analyze the data. Results: The findings indicate that the Penta-helix elements and religiosity could help to reduce corruption in Indonesia. Meanwhile, Malaysia must increase its human resource competency and embed the religiosity element as a tool to reduce corruption. Conclusion: Penta-helix and religious factors should be incorporated by organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia as part of their strategy in combating corruption.

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Section: Religiositymentioning

confidence: 99%

Penta-Helix Model of E-Government in Combating Corruption in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Moderating Effect of Religiosity

Purnamasari

Amran²,

Nu'man³

et al. 2022

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“…Two concerns regarding the variable are worth discussing. The first relates to the variable not capturing network density or how well the friends themselves know each other (Everton 2018). This means that I cannot examine whether the effects of bonding on interfaith attitudes are constrained to dense religious networks or are more generalizable across levels of network density.…”

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Faith and Friendship: Religious Bonding and Interfaith Relations in Muslim Countries

Sumaktoyo

2020

Politics and Religion

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Studies have documented more negative attitudes and a higher level of social hostilities toward religious minorities in Muslim than in non-Muslim countries. I seek to explain what contributes to these poor interfaith relations. Diverging from the mainstream approaches that focus on cultural, institutional, or psychological explanations, I argue that the poorer interfaith relations in Muslim countries are driven by high levels of religious bonding or religiously homogeneous friendships among Muslims in these countries. Analyzing a global survey of more than 17,000 Muslims and a report documenting how religious groups in a country restrict or discriminate against each other, I show that religious bonding is related to more negative attitudes toward religious minorities, that a country's level of religious bonding is positively related to its level of social hostilities, and that religious bonding is indeed higher among Muslims in Muslim countries than among Catholics in Catholic-majority Latin American countries.

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“…Although a handful of studies that have explored the interplay between social networks and religious belief and practice have drawn on relatively robust network data, most use counts of ties as their network measure (Everton, , ). Although this is because such data are often all that is available (Cheadle and Schwadel ), they fail to capture the social context in which religious beliefs and practices are embedded.…”

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Plagues, Pagans, and Christians: Differential Survival, Social Networks, and the Rise of Christianity

Everton

Schroeder

2019

Scientific Study of Religion

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In his book, The Rise of Christianity, Rodney Stark argues that the early Christian church indirectly benefitted from the plagues that struck the early Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd centuries of the Common Era. In particular, he argues that the early church's doctrines concerning love, charity, and social service would have led Christians to enjoy higher survival rates than pagans, which would have left the social networks of the former relatively intact, while those of the latter in disarray. Moreover, since recruitment to new religious movements occurs largely through social ties, the probability that an average pagan would have converted to Christianity would have been greater after the plagues than before. In this article, we use computer modeling to test Stark's hypothesis. Not only do we find support for his hypothesis, we also show that higher survival rates for either group not only would have benefitted their respective social networks but also would have benefitted their competitor's social networks, highlighting how network effects often flow in multiple and unexpected ways. We conclude with suggestions for future research, in particular how scholars can build upon our analyses and explore alternative assumptions.

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Networks and Religion: Ties that Bind, Loose, Build Up, and Tear Down

Cited by 12 publications

References 113 publications

Penta-Helix Model of E-Government in Combating Corruption in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Moderating Effect of Religiosity

Penta-Helix Model of E-Government in Combating Corruption in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Moderating Effect of Religiosity

Faith and Friendship: Religious Bonding and Interfaith Relations in Muslim Countries

Plagues, Pagans, and Christians: Differential Survival, Social Networks, and the Rise of Christianity

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