Predicting Nonconventional Religious Affiliation in Tokyo
A Control Theory Application
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2556769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan S Miller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 397 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2580016 |
| OpenAlex | W4253815360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This study notes the deviant nature of nonconventional religious affiliation in Japan, and posits that only individuals with weak attachment and commitment to conventional society are likely to join. Using survey data on religious beliefs collected by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics in Tokyo, this study obtains results confirming that individuals with weak social bonds are much more likely to join these organizations than are individuals with strong social bonds. These affiliations may possibly provide a setting where compensatory social bonds can be obtained
Bond · Control (management) · Economics · General Social Survey · Join (topology) · Management · Political science · Positive economics · Religious organization · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2009 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |