African American Religious Participation
Tóm tắt
This study examines the socio-demographic correlates of religious participation using data from the African American sub-sample of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL, 2001–2003). Twelve indicators of organizational religiosity, non-organizational religiosity, subjective religiosity, religious non-involvement and religious identity are examined. Both standard (e.g., age, gender) and novel (e.g., incarceration history, military service, welfare history, co-habitation, remarriage) demographic variables are utilized. Female gender, older age, being in a first marriage and Southern residency are consistently associated with higher religious involvement. Three significant differences between urban Southerners and rural Southerners indicate that rural Southerners were more likely to be official members of their church, read religious materials more frequently, and felt that religion was more important in their home during childhood than their urban Southern counterparts. Persons in cohabiting relationships and those who have been incarcerated report lower levels of organizational religious participation and feel less close to religious people (but are similar to their counterparts for non-organizational and subjective religiosity). Persons with previous military service read religious materials, pray, and request prayer from others less frequently (but are similar to their counterparts for organizational and subjective religiosity). Findings suggest that for stigmatized life circumstances (incarceration and cohabitation), social processes within religious institutions may inhibit organizational religious participation. This study contributes to the broader literature by focusing on subgroup differences in diverse forms of religious involvement within a large and nationally representative sample of African Americans and provides a more nuanced portrait of African American religious participation.
Từ khóa
Tài liệu tham khảo
American Association for Public Opinion Research. 2006. Standard definitions: Final dispositions of case codes and outcome rates for surveys. 4th ed. Lenexa, KS: American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Billingsley Andrew, 1999, Mighty like a river: The Black Church and social reform
Chatters Linda M, 2001, Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 7, 181
Fetzer Institute/National Institute on Aging, 1999, Multidimensional measurement of religiousness/spirituality for use in health research: A report of the Fetzer Institute/National Institute on Aging Working Group
Fichter Joseph H, 1965, The South in continuity, change, 359
Frazier E Franklin, 1974, The Negro church in America
Hadaway, C. Kirk. 2011. FACTs on Growth: 2010. Faith communities today 2010 (FACT 2010): Hartford Institute for Religion Research. Hartford Seminary Accessed 25 Sept 2013. http://faithcommunitiestoday.org/sites/faithcommunitiestoday.org/files/FACTs%20on%20Growth%202010.pdf.
NAACP. 2013. Criminal justice fact sheet. http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-fact-sheet. Accessed 4 Mar 2013.
Pargament Kenneth I, 1997, The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice
Pew Research Center. 2012. Santorum voters disagree: More see “too much” religious talk by politicians. Pew Research Center (March 21). http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/03/Religion-Release.pdf. Accessed 25 Sept 2013.
Roof Wade C, 1987, American mainline religion: Its changing shape and future
Roozen, David A. 2011. A decade of change in American congregations 2000-2010. The Faith Communities Today Project: Hartford Institute for Religion Research. http://faithcommunitiestoday.org/sites/faithcommunitiestoday.org/files/Decade%20of%20Change%20Final_0.pdf. Accessed 1 June 2013.