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After writing about religion and social homophily (i.e., like people grouping together), I became aware of a forthcoming study that addresses this issue as it pertains to family life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s entitled \u201cBonding alone: Familism, religion, and secular civic participation\u201d by\u00a0Young-Il Kim<\/a> and W. Bradford Wilcox<\/a>, and it\u2019s published<\/a> in the prestigious journal Social Science Research. This article finds that religious involvement actually prompts secular civic involvement (though its effect varies by type of family). Interesting and it runs counter to popular perceptions.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the abstract:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis study examines the influence of familism, religion, and their interaction on participation\u00a0in secular voluntary associations. We develop an insularity theory to explain how familism\u00a0and religion encourage Americans to avoid secular civic participation. Using data\u00a0from the first wave of the National Survey of Families and Households, this study finds that\u00a0familism reduces participation in secular organizations. Moreover, religion moderates the\u00a0effect of familism: specifically, religious involvement tends to increase the negative effect\u00a0of familism on secular civic participation. Although religious involvement in and of itself\u00a0fosters secular civic participation, strong familism tends to dampen positive impacts of\u00a0religious involvement. For familistic individuals, religious congregations appear to reinforce\u00a0their insularity within their immediate social circle and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further elaboration from the discussion section:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who hold traditional\u00a0family ideology tend to form in-bound social networks revolving around religious congregations. This finding is particularly\u00a0interesting in light of other studies indicating that familistic orientation promotes religious involvement.\u00a0Thus, our study, combined with this earlier body of research, suggests that family-oriented culture has a divergent impact on religious institutions and secular organizations, fueling religious participation\u00a0and dampening secular civic engagement.\u00a0Indeed, our interaction models suggest that the familism\u2013religious involvement interaction term is negative for secular\u00a0engagement: that is, when familism is combined with greater involvement in religious congregations, its negative influence\u00a0on secular engagement tends to be strengthened by the religious involvement. This aggravating effect is interesting because\u00a0of the main effect of religious involvement on secular engagement was found to be positive. Consistent with previous research, religious involvement, particularly religious activities outside of religious services\u00a0(e.g., a Bible study group, a church committee) may not only provide a training ground for the cultivation of civic skills that\u00a0are transferable to nonreligious organizations, but also serve as a recruitment channel to secular voluntary associations.\u00a0However, the effect of congregational participation tends to be smaller among familistic than nonfamilistic individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"