Bennett, M.R. orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-6053 and Einolf, C.J. (2017) Religion, altruism, and helping strangers: a multilevel analysis of 126 countries. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 56 (2). pp. 323-341. ISSN 0021-8294
Abstract
This article tests how religion relates to helping strangers, an important but rarely studied measure of social solidarity and informal social capital. It uses the Gallup World Poll, a survey with nationally representative samples of 179,961 respondents from 126 countries. It finds that religious people, members of minority religions, and people in religiously diverse countries were more likely to help a stranger. Individuals living in devout countries were more likely to help strangers even if they themselves were not religious. The results suggest that religion plays a particularly important role in promoting the prosocial norms and values that motivate helping strangers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | religion; altruism; solidarity; informal volunteering |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2021 11:15 |
Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2021 11:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jssr.12328 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:177793 |