Social capital research has traditionally been conducted in western and Christian settings as a precursor of changes such as democratization and development. This paper focuses on Islamic religious engagement and its potential to foster social capital. The model presented here is designed to suggest whether the Islam's influence occurs through doctrinal channels, or through Islam's capacity to organize social structures. The analysis conducted is a linear regression model with measures of social capital as dependent variables and measures of religious engagement as independent variables. The analysis is conducted on data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey. Results suggest that religious engagement and social capital have both belief and behavioral elements that should be treated as separate entities in quantitative research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4788 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Brigaitis, Peter |
| Contributors | Booth, John A., Reban, Milan, Smith, Donald Wiley |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Brigaitis, Peter, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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