Religion as Bridging or Bonding Social Capital: Race, Religion, and Cross-Racial Interaction for College Students

Autor/inn/en	Park, Julie J.; Bowman, Nicholas A.
Titel	Religion as Bridging or Bonding Social Capital: Race, Religion, and Cross-Racial Interaction for College Students
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 88 (2015) 1, S.20-37 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/0038040714560172
Schlagwörter	Social Capital; Role of Education; Race; Religion; College Students; Racial Relations; Student Organizations; Spiritual Development; Beliefs; Student Participation; Student Diversity; Interaction; National Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Hypothesis Testing; College Freshmen; Ethnic Groups; Predictor Variables; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Interpersonal Relationship; Cross Cultural Studies; Racial Attitudes; Social Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Bildungsauftrag; Rasse; Abstammung; Collegestudent; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Belief; Glaube; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Interaktion; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Studienanfänger; Ethnie; Prädiktor; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Rassenfrage; Sozialpsychologie
Abstract	Religion is the most segregated arena of American life, but its effect on collegiate diversity outcomes has been overlooked, despite the significance of both race and religion in many students' lives. This study examines whether religious observance, religious worldview identification, and participation in a religious student organization are significantly related to cross-racial interaction (CRI), a form of bridging social capital, during college. The current study yielded largely positive relationships between general religiosity and CRI. General religiosity was also positively linked to CRI for Asian American, white, and black students. CRI was higher for students from minority religious backgrounds. Participation in campus religious groups was nonsignificant, regardless of the racial composition of the group. Findings are surprising given previous work that has mainly found negative relationships between religion and diversity-related outcomes in college. We discuss implications for the study of the campus climate and the effect of religion on campus race relations. (As Provided).
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