Self‐Selection, Church Attendance, and Local Civic Participation

Individual, Congregational, and Denominational Effects on Church Membersâ•Ž Civic Participation

Previous research demonstrates two aspects of religion that affect civic activity—church participation and religious conservatism. Conservative religious beliefs and membership in conservative denominations are often associated with low levels of civic activity while church participation is said to increase civic activity. This article advances the discussion of the relationship between religio...

Civic Participation and Empowerment through Visualization

This article elaborates on the use of data visualization to promote civic participation and democratic engagement. The power and potential of data visualization is examined through a brief historical overview and four interconnected themes that provide new opportunities for electronic participation research: data storytelling, infographics, data physicalization, and quantified self. The goal is...

The clinical implications of church attendance and suicide.

and suicide Kleiman and Lui have conducted a respectable study that suggests that people in the USAwho attend church frequently are less likely to die by suicide than other people. Although the finding is interesting, it is not surprising. It is congruent with Durkheim’s 19th-century theory about the role of anomie. Chris Cook, in a moderately worded editorial, suggests that this finding has im...

Church attendance, allostatic load and mortality in middle aged adults

IMPORTANCE Religiosity has been associated with positive health outcomes. Hypothesized pathways for this association include religious practices, such as church attendance, that result in reduced stress. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity (church attendance), allostatic load (AL) (a physiologic measure of stress) and all-cause mortality i...

Empowering the Poor? Civic Education and Local Level Participation in Rural Tanzania and Zambia