Religion as Social Capital: Producing the Common Good

ISBN-13: 9780918954855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 273 str.

Sean E. Kane; Corwin E. Smidt

Opis

While Robert Putnam'sBowling Alone(2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital - an ironic omission since religion constitutes the most common form of voluntary association in America today. Featuring essays by prominent social scientists, this is the first book-length systematic examination of the relationship between religion and social capital and what effects religious social capital has on democratic life in the United States.