Religion as Social Capital: Producing the Common Good

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AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), 10, 195 abortion, 208 accountability, 73 ACT, 58, 62, 63, 65 advocacy groups, 51, 94 (see also specific groups) affirmative action, 201 African Americans/African-American churches, 15, 16, 24, 37, 39, 54, 55, 58, 60–65, 67–68, 90, 93, 94–95, 121–37, 156, 164, 165, 166, 168, 208, 213 church attendance and, 128–30, 129, 130, 131–32, 131 civic skills acquisition and, 126–33, 129, 132, 213 formation of social capital and, 121–37, 213 institutional structure of, 62–65 motivation behind church work and, 135–36 racial justice and liberation and, 60–62 religion, reciprocity, and collective action in, 123–24 size of congregations, 64 theological tradition and, 60–62 voting and, 130–31, 132 African Methodist Episcopal Church, 39, 43, 124, 125, 127 Agrarian Revolt, 126 agricultural communities, 139–52 Almond, G., 88 altruism, in democratic society, 196, 199, 202, 205–06 American Association of Retired Persons (see AARP) American Banking Association, 195 American Indian movement, 75 Ammerman, Nancy, 42, 197 Anglican Church, 157 Anglo and Norwegian Quakers (in Paullina, Iowa), 142, 144, 146–47 Anglo Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints (in Lamoni, Iowa), 142, 144, 147, 148, 149–50, 151 Angus Reid Corporation (survey), 155 Arminianism, 180, 181 Index Page numbers in italics refer to tables. 259 Badillo, Carmen, 57 Baptist Ministerial Alliance, 63 Baptists/Baptist Church, 62–63, 124, 127 Bellah, Robert, 219–20 Berry, J., 66 black (see AfricanAmericans/AfricanAmerican churches) Black Power movement, 75 bonding social capital, 10–11, 16–17, 75, 140–52, 173, 181, 215, 216 high-bonding groups, 147–51 low-bonding groups, 144–47 Border Organization, 54 Bourbons, 126 Bourdieu, Pierre, 70 Brady, Henry, 6, 23, 35–36, 51–52, 63, 67, 88, 166 Bread for the World, 39, 40–43, 44 bridging institutions, 77, 83 bridging social capital, 10–11, 16–17, 75, 83, 140–52, 173, 215, 216 Britt, Gerald, 64 Browning, Don, 44–45 Burke, Kenneth, 177 Bush, George W., 89 Cabello, Pauline, 59 California Project, 80, 83 Calvin, John/Calvinism, 151, 181 Canada, religious involvement, social capital, and political engagement: a comparison of the United States and, 153–69, 157, 158, 159, 161, 163, 165, 168 (see also volunteering/voluntarism ) Cascade, Iowa, 142, 145–46 Catholic Church authority and participation in the, 56–60 IAF and the, 54–60 institutional structure in the, 56–60 neighborhood-based parish, 58–60 parish size, 64 social thought and the, 55–56 theological tradition and the, 55–56 women in leadership in the, 56 Catholics/Catholicism, 36–37, 146, 156, 157, 157, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169 Hispanics, 15, 54, 55–60, 67 Latinos, 127–28, 129, 135, 136, 208, 213 Mexican-American, 54–60, 67–68 volunteering and, 90, 91, 93, 94–95, 102 Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 157 Center for Third World Organizing (see CTWO) charitable giving, 16, 90, 107–20 nonreligious membership and, 111–20, 112, 117–18, 117 religious membership and, 111–20, 112, 113, 117–18, 117, 208 Chicano movement, 75 Christian Coalition, 207 Christianity, 181 church and state, separation of, 221 church attendance, 16, 17, 25, 91–106, 92, 93, 97, 100, 102, 103, 105, 109, 110–20, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 128–32, 130, 156, 157, 161–63, 161, 163, 165–69, 165, 168 Church of God in Christ, 62 church work, motivations behind, 133–37, 135 Citizen Participation Study, 127, 128, 133, 134, 137 civic associations associational membership, political life, and, 164–68, 168 changing ecology of, 30–31 democracy and, 1, 153 interpersonal trust and, 11 meaning of, 3, 143 social consequences of, 6, 51, 109, 151–52, 211–12 (see also civic engagement, parachurch organizations, politics, social capital, and specific church groups, ethnic groups, para-church organizations) civic engagement, 6, 17, 20, 36, 53, 55–61, 69 benefits of, 164 charitable nonprofits and, 39–43 comparison of Canada and U.S. and, 153–69 contributions of religious social capital to, 49–106, 121–37, 216 CTWO and 74–79 education as predictor of, 88, 96–98, 97, 103, 165, 165 PICO and, 79–84 260 Index religion as predictor of, 94–106, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 102, 103, 105, 163, 164, 165, 166 rural America and, 139–52 urban America and, 71–72 (see also civic associations, civic skills, politics, social capital, volunteering/voluntarism) civic skills, 16 acquisition...