Religion Work and Inequality
Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. This title articulates an agenda for better understanding these social processes.
Religious Differences in Reported Attitudes and Behavior
Secondary analysis of responses to 40 questions from seven U.S. national surveys conducted between 1953 and 1961 found larger Christian-Jewish than Protestant-Catholic differences not only on religious questions but also on many other attitudes and behaviors. Catholics had the highest rates of religious participation, were least opposed to out-marriage, and scored highest on "authoritarianism." Jews were the most secular, politically most liberal, ethnically most tolerant, and reported the smallest percentage "very happy." Protestants were least tolerant and politically most conservative. Controls for region and community size were used to determine the extent to which the differences could be attributed to religion as such.
Religion in America: What Religious Revival?
Quite a number of interpreters of contemporary American life journalists, clergymen, and sociologists alike seem to have readily accepted two generalizations about religion in America today: 1) that there has been a gradual growth in religious affiliation here, until today more Americans attend churches or other places of worship than ever before; and 2) that there has been a change in the qualitative character of religion in this country, from an earlier, fervent transcendental belief to the more secularized "social"