Religious Conversion in 40 Countries

Barro, Robert J.; Hwang, Jason; McCleary, Rachel M.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01490.x

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“…One exception, a Finish study by Yeung (2004), considers the effect of the value placed on exploration of several religions, but found no evidence that this type of religious openness differentiates the pattern of volunteering. Yet, Finland has an extremely low rate of religious conversion (Barro et al 2010), and thus openness to other faiths may not vary enough among Finns to matter in explaining their volunteering decisions. We expect that openness to other faiths has a more distinct positive influence on both religious and secular volunteering in the US.…”

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The Influences of Religious Attitudes on Volunteering

Taniguchi

Thomas

2010

Voluntas

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Religiosity has long been known to promote volunteering in the US and elsewhere. Despite the growing body of research examining religious correlates of volunteering, however, few studies have focused on whether and how religious attitudes affect volunteering. With data from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II), 2004-2006, we examine the influences of religious attitudes, namely, the religiously based feelings of exclusiveness and inclusiveness, and openness to other religious faiths, on volunteering. We find that while religious exclusiveness significantly promotes volunteering only in religious areas, religious inclusiveness promotes both religious and secular volunteering. Moreover, those who are open to other religious faiths are more likely to engage in both types of volunteer work. Implications of these findings are discussed for future research linking religious attitudes to volunteering.Résumé Aux É tats-Unis et ailleurs, la religiosité est depuis longtemps connue pour favoriser le bénévolat. Malgré le nombre croissant d'études portant sur les corrélats religieux du bénévolat, rares sont celles qui s'interrogent sur la façon dont les postures religieuses peuvent retentir sur le bénévolat. À partir de données provenant de la base Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II, 2004, nous examinons l'influence des postures religieuses, à savoir les sentiments d'exclusivité et d'inclusivité religieuse ainsi que l'ouverture aux autres convictions religieuses, sur le bénévolat. Nous démontrons qu'alors que l'exclusivité religieuse ne promeut le bénévolat de manière significative que dans les milieux religieux, l'inclusivité religieuse favorise à la fois le bénévolat religieux et le bénévolat laïque. De plus, les personnes ouvertes aux autres convictions religieuses

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Section: Openness To Other Religious Faiths and Volunteeringmentioning

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The Influences of Religious Attitudes on Volunteering

Taniguchi

Thomas

2010

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“…Thus local modern culture and the distribution of Protestantism which reflects the moral choices of previous generations are temporarily distant in formation. Second, as reflected by Barro and Hwang (2007), in different countries the adherence to the religion is stronger than in others, where people are more prone to conversion or drop out of their prior religious belief. So, in a way, the importance of religion as a cultural value is "amortized" to a different level in different countries.…”

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Was Weber right? The cultural capital root of socio-economic growth examined in five European countries

Tubadji

2014

Int J of Manpower

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Purpose -The existing theoretical and empirical research on cultural impact is rather inconsistent. The purpose of this paper is to deal with the reasons for this inconsistency by debating the adequate inclusion of the cultural factor in the growth model and the way to properly measure cultural capital (CC) for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach -The paper starts with analyzing the limitations of growth theory (in particular Paul Romer's endogenous growth model) when CC is not taken into consideration. The amelioration is suggested through involvement of the Weberian mechanism of cultural impact. The difference between Weber's mechanism and using religion as a measurement proxy for cultural attitudes is enlightened. The improvement of Weber's measurement of CC by elevating Pierre Bourdieu's approach to CC from individual to aggregate regional level is suggested. Real data from five EU countries on NUTS II level is addressed for illustrating the above reasoning. Findings -The evidence shows that the suggested by the paper measurement strategy for CC allows for treating culture indeed as a single factor both in theoretical and econometrical sense of the term factor, but without loss of information, which is otherwise inevitable if the author try to approximate culture with a single mono-dimensional variable such as religion. Originality/value -Through discussion on Rome's endogenous growth model and Weber's cultural mechanisms of impact, the amelioration of growth theory by inclusion of CC is explained, operationalized and applied on a real data example.

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“…Agadjanian et al (September 2009) is a study of fertility in sub‐Sahara Africa. Hsu et al (December 2008) and Barro et al (March 2010) are comparative studies and include a number of different groups. Note, for example, that Catholic is one of the minority religions.…”

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“…Most are based on national surveys, but some utilize student samples, as is typical of research in psychology. Of the seven articles that include Muslims, four utilize data collected in large national or international surveys (Hsu et al, 2009; Agadjanian et al, 2009; Barro et al 2010; Smits et al 2010). Two are based on data collected from university students (Flere and Kirbiš 2009; Anthony et al 2010).…”

Section: “Minority” Religious Groups Addressed In Eight Issues Of Jssmentioning

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“…Research on Catholics also depends on the availability of large international surveys such as the ISSP and the WVS (Barro et al 2010), national surveys such as Jim Davidson's survey of Catholics in Indiana (Arruñada 2009), the Korean Census (Kim et al 2009), or the Korean Social Survey (Kim et al 2010). Only one of the six studies is an ethnography (Konieczny 2009).…”

Section: “Minority” Religious Groups Addressed In Eight Issues Of Jssmentioning

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