Trust in Religious Leaders and Voluntary Compliance: Lessons from Social Distancing during COVID‐19 in Central Asia

Jones, Pauline; Menon, Anil

doi:10.1111/jssr.12804

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“…Also, the study noted the comments of some respondents about the low level of participation of religious leaders in the public and political life of the state. Many confessors and trusted persons from among authoritative imams are still forbidden to actively interfere in the processes of resolving issues in the field of social and educational life of young people (Jones & Menon, 2022). Summing up, it is possible to say that, in general, the level of religious education and the need for spiritual development among the youth of Kyrgyzstan is gradually increasing.…”

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A Sociological study of the religious identity of young people in Central Asia and Europe (following the example of Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Poland)

Osmonova,

Zhunushova,

Kostuk

et al. 2024

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The purpose of the article is to determine the situation in the field of religious preferences of young people in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Poland by studying the specific features and dynamics of the development of traditional beliefs in the Central Asian and European regions. The main methods used in the preparation of the work were the system-analytical method and the statistical method. The characteristic features of different areas of religion in Asia, as well as the origins and root causes of the formation and development of religious trends in Kyrgyzstan, are studied. The key moments in the history of the transformation of the Kyrgyz society in the XVIII-XXI centuries are outlined in the context of the influence of this process on the emergence of specific signs of local religious trends. Different approaches and concepts to the study of the young generation of the Central Asian Republic and Poland are evaluated by considering the qualitative and quantitative results of a number of sociological surveys. The results and conclusions of this work can be used as a basis for the development and implementation of a number of political and social reforms with an emphasis on raising awareness of the issue among the younger generation of Kyrgyzstan.

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A Sociological study of the religious identity of young people in Central Asia and Europe (following the example of Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Poland)

Osmonova,

Zhunushova,

Kostuk

et al. 2024

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“…Existing literature has shown that religious leaders can influence voluntary compliance with government instructions when those with moral authority encourage followers to comply with them (Jones & Menon, 2022). Rafiq, (2022) noted that religious leaders can serve as mediators between health project goals and the wider population.…”

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Dynamics of Religious Organisations in Responding to COVID-19: A Case of Islamic and Christians Organisations in Urban Tanzania

Muhoja

2024

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Despite the dynamics of public health policies during COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania, religious organisations (ROs) enhanced healthcare services and support while adapting safe measures. The study assessed the health care and support activities conducted by ROs during COVID-19. Furthermore, the study explored how Islamic and Christians teachings, practices, and meanings were crucial to the design and execution of ROs’ COVID-19 healthcare activities. The study employed the concepts of religion as a model for, and model of lived reality; and development as holistic process. The study used ethnographic approaches such as participant observation, interviews and focus group discussion. Findings showed that ROs conducted both medical and non-medical activities, formal and informal healthcare services and provided support to their members and the general public access to COVID-19 related healthcare services and support particularly for those coming from poor socioeconomic backgrounds. Religious teachings, practices and meanings informed and motivated ROs healthcare workers, followers and the management in responding to COVID-19. The study concludes that ROs’ COVID-19 healthcare interventions are dynamic, adaptive and practical for they influence and are being influenced by religious teachings, practices, experiences and meanings as well as existing socio-economic and political realities.

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“…Many organizations and institutions cannot be successful or effective without public trust (Fulmer & Gelfand, 2012). Institutions and organizations that provide recommendations for public health, such as the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, pharmaceutical companies, and other governmental institutions are inevitably less effective if the public disregard their recommendations (e.g., Bicchieri et al, 2021;Caplanova et al, 2021;Hornsey et al, 2022;Jones & Menon, 2022;Schmelz, 2021). Those that provide information to the public such as media organizations, universities, think tanks, and science organizations have less impact when the public does not believe the information they share (Hamilton et al, 2015;Strömbäck et al, 2020;Wilholt, 2013).…”

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Even When Ideologies Align, People Distrust Politicized Institutions

Clark¹,

Isch²,

Everett

2023

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In three studies (two preregistered; total n = 3,490 ideologically balanced U.S. adults), we examined attitudes toward 40 institutions, organizations, and groups of professionals (e.g., journalists, scientists, the Supreme Court, the World Health Organization, professors, police officers, doctors, the Catholic Church, banks, pharmaceutical companies, psychologists, Facebook), and tested the associations between (1) perceived ideological slant (the percentage of people in those institutions that lean politically left or right), (2) perceived politicization (the extent to which political values impact the work they do), and (3) public trust and willingness to support and defer to the institution’s expertise. Higher congruence between participant ideology and perceived institutional slant predicted higher trust and deference. And higher perceived politicization of institutions consistently predicted lower trust, often with large effect sizes. Similar patterns were observed between institutions, such that the institutions perceived as the most politicized were also the least trusted, with a very large effect, r = -0.76. Studies 2 and 3 found that perceived politicization also predicted lower support and willingness to defer to institutions’ expertise. Across studies, these negative relationships were observed among both participants who shared and opposed the institution’s ideological slant. In other words, even left-leaning participants were less trusting and less willing to support and defer to left-leaning institutions that appeared more politicized, and even right-leaning participants were less trusting and less willing to support and defer to right-leaning institutions that appeared more politicized. Studies 2 and 3 attempted to experimentally manipulate perceived politicization and failed to do so. We thus post this preprint in hopes of initiating discussion of these findings and identifying promising avenues for future research and possible interventions.

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Trust in Religious Leaders and Voluntary Compliance: Lessons from Social Distancing during COVID‐19 in Central Asia

Cited by 7 publications

References 42 publications

A Sociological study of the religious identity of young people in Central Asia and Europe (following the example of Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Poland)

A Sociological study of the religious identity of young people in Central Asia and Europe (following the example of Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Poland)

Dynamics of Religious Organisations in Responding to COVID-19: A Case of Islamic and Christians Organisations in Urban Tanzania

Even When Ideologies Align, People Distrust Politicized Institutions

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