Individual Religiosity, Religious Context, and the Creation of Social Trust in Germany
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Individual Religiosity, Religious Context, and the Creation of Social Trust in Germany
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 129 (2009), Iss. 2 : pp. 357–365
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Richard Traunmüller, University of Konstanz, Department of Politics and Management, Comparative Politics, P.O. Box D84, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Abstract
This contribution examines the role of religion as source of social trust. Going beyond the scope of the existing literature, I jointly evaluate the effect of individual religiosity and regional religious context by means of multilevel analysis. The results suggest that there is a double positive effect of Protestantism: Not only do Protestants tend to be more trusting, but a Protestant context also increases one's trust – regardless of individual religious beliefs. Furthermore, while church attendance is a powerful predictor for social trust, a context effect for regional levels of devoutness could not be detected. Lastly, religious diversity is not shown to decrease social trust.