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Divided We Stand, United We Fall: Religious Pluralism, Giving, and Volunteering

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Borgonovi, Francesca·2008·American Sociological Review
DOI 10.1177/000312240807300106
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This article examines to what extent religious context influences giving to, and volunteering for, religious causes—both directly and through increased attendance at religious services—and whether it has unintended spillover effects on giving and volunteering for secular purposes. Results from individuals living in a sample of counties in the United States indicate that a high level of religious pluralism is not associated with an increase in the probability that individuals will attend religious services regularly. Religious pluralism is, however, directly and positively associated with religious volunteering, while the association is not statistically significant for giving. Increases in religious volunteering associated with a high level of religious pluralism do not displace secular volunteering. There is no minority effect: individuals are equally likely to give to, and volunteer for, religious and secular causes whether they live in counties where their religious group represents the majority or the minority of the total population of religious adherents. As the proportion of the population in a county who is religious increases, so does the probability that any one individual will give to, and volunteer for, religious causes. I do not, however, find a relationship between the devoutness of a religious community and an individual's propensity to give to, and volunteer for, secular causes.

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  • Results are generally supportive of a positive correlation between religious pluralism and volunteering.

    “The results are generally supportive of a positive correlation between religious pluralism and volunteering (Borgonovi 2008), which accords well with the longstanding intellectual account and popular image of religious, voluntary associations as a major player in the civic life of America (Bellah 1992; de Tocqueville 2004; Wilson and Janoski 1995; Wuthnow 2004).”

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Authors
Borgonovi, F.
Affiliations
London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Corresponding author
Borgonovi, Francesca
ORCID
Borgonovi, Francesca
Venue
American Sociological Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-02
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
105-128
ISSN
  • 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-8271
DOI
10.1177/000312240807300106
OpenAlex
W2011968781
Cited by
112
References
80
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FWCI
20.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
  • Purdue University Indianapolis (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion, Society, and Development
Keywords
religious pluralism, religious donations, religious volunteering, religious service attendance, religious minorities, religious majorities, spillover effects

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