This contribution examines the role of religion as source of social trust. Going beyond the scope of the existing literature, I jointly evaluate the effect of individual religiosity and regional religious context by means of multilevel analysis. The results suggest that there is a double positive effect of Protestantism: Not only do Protestants tend to be more trusting, but a Protestant context also ...
Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der systematischen empirischen Analyse des Einflusses von Religion auf Sozialkapital in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Als abhängige Variablen werden neben der Einbindung in formelle Netzwerke zivilgesellschaftlichen Engagements und informelle Freundschafts- und Verwandtschaftsnetzwerke auch deren identitäts- und statusüberbrückenden Potentiale berücksichtigt. Die auf der ...
This contribution examines the role of religion as source of social trust. Going beyond the scope of the existing literature, we jointly evaluate the effect of individual religiosity and regional religious context by means of multilevel analysis of 97 small-scale German regions. The results based on the German Socio-Economic Panel suggest that there is a double positive effect of Protestantism: Not ...