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Religious Involvement and Status‐Bridging Social Capital

Wuthnow, Robert·2002·Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
DOI 10.1111/1468-5906.00153
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Is religious involvement positively associated with having influential friends or is religious involvement unrelated to this kind of social capital? Building on the distinction between the “bonding” and “bridging” aspects of social capital, I distinguish two kinds of bridging social capital—identity‐bridging and status‐bridging—that have been a source of terminological confusion. I examine the relationship between religious involvement and status‐bridging social capital by analyzing data from a large nationally representative survey of the U.S. adult population that included questions about friendships with elected public officials, corporation executives, scientists, and persons of wealth. The data show that membership in a religious congregation and holding a congregational leadership position are most consistently associated with greater likelihood of having these kinds of friendships. The data also show that frequency of religious attendance is largely unrelated to these measures of social capital and that there are some significant variations among religious traditions and size of congregation.

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Authors
Wuthnow, R.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Wuthnow, Robert
Venue
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2002-12
Volume
41
Issue
4
Pages
669-684
ISSN
  • 0021-8294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-5906
DOI
10.1111/1468-5906.00153
OpenAlex
W2156343908
Cited by
462
References
53
Citations by year
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FWCI
68.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 16 d)
Locations
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (publishedVersion)
Funders
Pew Charitable Trusts
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords
religious involvement, bonding and bridging social capital, religious congregations, congregational leadership, religious service attendance, religious traditions, social networks

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