Religious Congregations as Community Hubs and Sources of Social Bonding

Ram A. Cnaan; H. Daniel Heist

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77416-9_24

Religious Congregations as Community Hubs and Sources of Social Bonding

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Abstract

This chapter views congregations as community organizations that enhance face-to-face supportive relationships for the people that belong to them. Using Tönnies’ continuum, we claim that in the United States congregations increase the Gemeinschaft form of social connectedness. As formal associations in the local ecology, congregations provide member support and benefits that exceed most other community organizations. We will demonstrate that congregations are common in all American communities, and that they serve as a major source of mutual support and bonding social capital for their members in addition to caring for outsiders.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	391-403
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77416-9_24
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
ISSN (Print)	1389-6903
ISSN (Electronic)	2542-839X

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Keywords

Community building
Congregations
Gemeinschaft
Religious community
Social capital
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology (miscellaneous)
Social Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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