Social Values, Religiosity, and Marital Context

Bibliographic Data

ID2590900
AuthorsJulian Montoro (Case Western Reserve University, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume54
Issue4
Pages403
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3711782
OpenAlexW2055508336
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This study replicates and expands previous research on the effects of religious homogamy and heterogamy on social values among American married Catholics. Merton (1957) indicated the importance of significant others — as linking group norms and values — for those who would be influenced by a group. Interactional effects of religiosity and marital context upon Catholics' social values such as social justice (welfare expenditures), racial relations (black/white relations), sexual permissiveness (attitudes toward premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations), abortion (social and physical), and social tolerance (of printed material) are examined. Findings based on a Catholic sample from the NORC General Social Surveys confirm previous studies, i.e., that there is no difference between Catholics married to Catholics and Catholics married to non-Catholics regarding the relationship between religiosity and their social values

Religiosity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology

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