Blessed Are The Downtrodden? An Empirical Test

Bibliographic Data

ID4264667
AuthorsPatrick H Mcnamara (University of New Mexico), Arthur St George (University of New Mexico)
Year1978
Volume39
Issue4
Pages303
Publication date1978-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3709974
OpenAlexW2410959672
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited2

Deprivation theory of religious commitment has relied traditionally upon status measures of deprivation: age, sex, income, education, race. Measures of religiosity and status indicators, however, have never been combined with subjective measures of felt deprivation. A recent major national quality of life survey fills this gap by providing a cluster of felt deprivation measures. The data enable us to ask if religiosity cushions the effects of negative feelings of well-being among the “objectively” deprived. Results suggest religiosity, as measured by survey indicators, has little effect in this regard, a finding which raises questions concerning traditional formulations of functional definitions as well as the adequacy of religiosity and quality of life measures

Feeling · Race (biology) · Religiosity · Sociology · Test (biology) · World Values Survey · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology

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