A Paradenominational Organization Perspective on Dialogue between Voluntary Action and Religious Research Communities
Smith's (1981) thesis that churches and church participation have been ignored in voluntary action research is further supported. The point is made further that parareligious or paradenominational organizations have been ignored by both voluntary action researchers and the religious research co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1983
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Review of religious research
Year: 1983, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 312-317 |
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| Summary: | Smith's (1981) thesis that churches and church participation have been ignored in voluntary action research is further supported. The point is made further that parareligious or paradenominational organizations have been ignored by both voluntary action researchers and the religious research community. Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), a large fraternal benefit society, is described as one example of a paradenominational organization. Research staff in this organization have been involved in research issues related to both of these disciplines because AAL contains elements of both a religious organization and a national voluntary organization. Unfortunately, very few studies have sought to incorporate voluntary action and religious behavior perspectives. Fewer have been concerned with fraternal organizations as the topic of analysis. With so little research done that combines the religious and voluntary behavior perspectives, AAL researchers have had to extrapolate heavily from studies that are only tangentially comparable to AAL's situation. Examples are given. A final suggestion is offered that the fraternal benefit society may serve as an ideal subject for collaboration by these two research communities. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511009 |