Church communities supplied working-class members social capital and life skills

Evidence

There were also social functions specific to our working-class, economically aspiring community. When someone lost a job, members were alerted to look for other opportunities in their networks. And when my friends and I graduated from high school and college, recognition banquets were organized, our names were printed in the church bulletins for special worship services at which the community ceremonially sent us out into the world, and our accomplishments were celebrated in the congregational newsletter. At church, I learned how to sing, write, date, give a persuasive public speech, and run an efficient meeting using Robert’s Rules of Order. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 214

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s social-capital material (Coleman’s social capital work) and community-formation themes. — connects to: Chronic, communal, in-group religious practice drives the prosociality effect — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 183; Social and identity benefits drive religious participation, not only faith — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 894; Religious rituals maintain identity and build lasting community support networks — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 892 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Chronic, communal, in-group religious practice drives the prosociality effect #expands (0.95) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 183
• Religious rituals maintain identity and build lasting community support networks #expands (0.90) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 892
• Social and identity benefits drive religious participation, not only faith #expands (0.85) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 894
• Religious situations boost prosociality more than personal devotion does #expands (0.85) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 154
• Congregational life generates communal belonging while steering clear of politics #expands (0.80) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 212
• Belief that God and community have one’s back builds lifelong resiliency #expands (0.75) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 216