Volunteering and the Dimensions of Religiosity: A Cross-National Analysis

abstract

• Religion and volunteerism are closely linked, but which aspects of religiosity matter most for volunteering? This article predicts volunteering with a multi-dimensional model of private and public religiosity using a sample of 9,464 respondents from 15 Western European countries. An interaction between private and public religiosity is also theorized and tested. Three dimensions of private religiosity (religious salience, prayer, and belief) are significant in predicting volunteering, and each has a significant interaction effect with public religiosity, measured by religious attendance. The influence of public and private religiosity on volunteering, and their interaction, differ by religious affiliation.

authors

• Glanville, Jennifer

published proceedings

• Review of Religious Research

author list (cited authors)

• Paxton, P., Reith, N. E., & Glanville, J. L.

complete list of authors

• Paxton, Pamela||Reith, Nicholas E||Glanville, Jennifer L

publication date

• December 2014

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Review of religious research  Journal

keywords

• 50 Philosophy And Religious Studies
• 5004 Religious Studies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s13644-014-0169-y

start page

• 597

end page

• 625

volume

• 56

issue

• 4

URL

• https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-014-0169-y