This investigation examines typologies of congregations based on patterns of
congregational political and social service activities and collaborative partners. Based on a …

Religious congregations have potential to be mediating structures for social justice
participation. However, research has yet to examine the specific social processes or …

Religious congregations are social settings where people gather together in community to
pursue the sacred (Pargament, 2008). Such settings are important to understand as they …

When congregations seek to address social needs, they often pursue this goal through acts
of service and political engagement. Over the past three decades, a tremendous amount of …

Scholars in the field of community psychology have called for a closer examination of the
mediating role that religious congregations serve in society, especially in relation to the …

Do inter-organizational relationships between religious congregations and social service
agencies create bonds that have the capacity to strengthen civil society? Previous research …

Research indicates that participation in organized religion is related to higher levels of civic
engagement. It is often theorized that social connections developed in congregations …

Building upon previous research and incorporating a newly constructed measure of
religious participation assessing both attendance at religious meetings and involvement in …

This study examined how the composition of religious communities influences the spiritual
outcomes of members. The US Congregational Life Survey was analyzed using the group …

Although the importance of working with people within their natural settings has been
advocated since the 1965 conference at Swampscott, community psychologists have had …