Economic Inequality, Relative Power, and Religiosity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10763579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick Solt (0000-0002-3154-6132), Philip Habel, J Tobin Grant |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 447-465 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00777.x |
| OpenAlex | W1510215672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 34 |
Objective. What effect does the extent of economic inequality within a country have on the religiosity of the people who live there? As inequality increases, does religion serve primarily as a source of comfort for the deprived and impoverished or as a tool of social control for the rich and powerful? Methods. This article examines these questions with two complementary analyses of inequality and religiosity: a multilevel analysis of countries around the world over two decades and a time‐series analysis of the United States over a half‐century. Results. Economic inequality has a strong positive effect on the religiosity of all members of a society regardless of income. Conclusions. These results support relative power theory, which maintains that greater inequality yields more religiosity by increasing the degree to which wealthy people are attracted to religion and have the power to shape the attitudes and beliefs of those with fewer means
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic inequality · Economic power · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Religiosity · Social inequality · Sociology · World Values Survey · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 56 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 55 |