The Influences of Religious Attitudes on Volunteering
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Religiosity has long been known to promote volunteering in the US and elsewhere. Despite the growing body of research examining religious correlates of volunteering, however, few studies have focused on whether and how religious attitudes affect volunteering. With data from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II), 2004–2006, we examine the influences of religious attitudes, namely, the religiously based feelings of exclusiveness and inclusiveness, and openness to other religious faiths, on volunteering. We find that while religious exclusiveness significantly promotes volunteering only in religious areas, religious inclusiveness promotes both religious and secular volunteering. Moreover, those who are open to other religious faiths are more likely to engage in both types of volunteer work. Implications of these findings are discussed for future research linking religious attitudes to volunteering. Résumé Aux États-Unis et ailleurs, la religiosité est depuis longtemps connue pour favoriser le bénévolat. Malgré le nombre croissant d’études portant sur les corrélats religieux du bénévolat, rares sont celles qui s’interrogent sur la façon dont les postures religieuses peuvent retentir sur le bénévolat. À partir de données provenant de la base Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II, 2004–2006), nous examinons l’influence des postures religieuses, à savoir les sentiments d’exclusivité et d’inclusivité religieuse ainsi que l’ouverture aux autres convictions religieuses, sur le bénévolat. Nous démontrons qu’alors que l’exclusivité religieuse ne promeut le bénévolat de manière significative que dans les milieux religieux, l’inclusivité religieuse favorise à la fois le bénévolat religieux et le bénévolat laı̈que. De plus, les personnes ouvertes aux autres convictions religieuses H. Taniguchi (&) L. D. Thomas Department of Sociology, University of Louisville, 103 Lutz Hall, Louisville, KY 40292, USA e-mail: [email protected] L. D. Thomas e-mail: [email protected] 123 Voluntas (2011) 22:335–355 DOI 10.1007/s11266-010-9158-0
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