Longitudinal social network data on adolescents in seven schools are analyzed to reach a
new understanding about how the personal and interpersonal social dimensions of …

Aside from the literature on inter-racial and cross-sex relationships, few studies have
examined the determinants of relationships that cross social boundaries. The authors …

Using two recent nationally representative Canadian surveys, this paper investigates how
secularization affects civic participation, inclusive of political engagement and philanthropy …

This study seeks to expand the literature on predicting friendship diversity beyond
race/ethnicity to include religion, social class, and sexual orientation. Survey packets elicited …

Objectives Our objective is to extend previous structural explanations of religious belonging
and denominational variations concerning “closed communities” and the “divided by faith” …

Subjective social class identities—lower, working, middle, and upper—are conditioned by
culture and social interactions. I argue that conservative Christianity influences subjective …

Purpose–This chapter analyzes stratification in embeddedness in religious congregations,
as well as the civic and political implications of this stratification in congregational …

In the past decade, a number of researchers have been interested in both the predictors and
causal effects of civic involvement (Blanchard 2007; Funk 1998; Putnam 1993; Putnam …

Understanding the consequences of organizational membership has long been of concern
to social scientists and the degree to which these belongings affect individual behaviors is …

Integrating spirituality with mental health treatment increases treatment efficacy, however,
there increased mental illness stigma has been found by those who hold to fundamental …