| Author/Contributor(s): | Smidt, Corwin E |
| Publisher: | Baylor University Press |
| Date: | 01/01/2003 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
While Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone (2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital--an ironic omission since religion constitutes the most common form of voluntary association in America today. Featuring essays by prominent social scientists, this is the first book-length, systematic examination of the relationship between religion and social capital and what effects religious social capital has on democratic life in the United States.