Neuerscheinung: Individual Religiosity, Religious Context, and the Creation of Social Trust in Germany. Von Richard Traunmüller
25. Juni 2009
In: Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal of Applied Social Science Studies) 129,2 (2009), S. 357-375.
Zitation
This contribution examines the role of religion as a source of social trust. Going beyond the scope of the existing literature, I jointly evaluate the effects 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 increases one's trust - regardless of individual religious beliefs. Furthermore, while church attendance is a powerful predictor for social trust, a context effect for regional levels of devoutness could not be detected. Lastly, religious diversity is not shown to decrease social trust.
Richard Traunmüller ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Forschungsprojekt „Sozialkapitalwelten. Bestand und Genese sozialer Vertrauens- und Netzwerkkulturen im interkulturellen Vergleich“ (mit Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag).
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