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Religious Socialization and Non-Religious Volunteering: A Dutch Panel Study

Abstract  

Despite the fact that churches are still important sources of social capital in the Netherlands, the ongoing secularization
of Dutch society has as yet not resulted in a drop of non-religious volunteering. In order to account for this apparent paradox,
panel data are used to test the hypothesis that non-religious volunteering is in part an aftereffect of the religious socialization
today’s volunteers enjoyed as youths. The following research question is addressed: To what extent does a religious socialization in Christian families during adolescence, independent of individual and collective
religious characteristics, determine non
–religious volunteering later in life? Results show that collective religious characteristics, i.e. being active in a religious community and religious affiliation,
are the most important determinants in this respect. However, next to the effects of these collective aspects, also an independent
effect of a religious socialization on non-religious volunteering is found. Especially a religious socialization which is
not too strict was found to be influential on adult non-religious volunteering.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-19
  • DOI 10.1007/s11266-011-9244-y
  • Authors
    • Paul Vermeer, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9103, 6500 HD Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Peer Scheepers, Department of Sociology and Methodology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Journal Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    • Online ISSN 1573-7888
    • Print ISSN 0957-8765
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 12/08/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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