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010068 SE Social capital and religion: a possible new model of categorizing religious communities (2013S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Katholische Theologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Language: English

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  • Wednesday 22.05. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Thursday 23.05. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Friday 24.05. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 27.05. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Tuesday 28.05. 09:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The most important repository of social capital is religion in the American society according to Robert D. Putnam. Other influential scholars of sociology of religion have reacted to the question by publishing relevant papers and books, such as Andrew M. Greeley, Eric Uslaner, Corwin Schmidt and John A. Coleman. European authors have also addressed the issue relevantly, and it is fair to say according to Vinko Potocnik, Sinisa Zrinscak and Igor Bahovec, Gabriella Pusztai and Gabor D. Nagy that religion is also an important repository of social capital in many European countries as well. This course is about the concept of social capital, its relation with religion, and religious groups. It proposes a new way to categorize religious groups based on the type of social capital they produce, in its relation to `social integration`.

Topics:
1. Social capital basics (2hrs)
2. Religious social capital basics (2hrs)
3. Social capital and religion in the US (2hrs)
4. Social capital and religion in Europe (2hrs)
5. Congregations and other religious communities (2hrs)
6. Social capital of Hungarian Roman Catholics and Calvinists (2hrs)
7. Social capital of Hungarian Baptists and Jehovah’s Witnesses: a comparison (2hrs)
8. Social capital of Hungarian Scientologists (2hrs)
9. A new concept to categorize religious groups based on their social capital contributions (2 hrs)
10. Course summary (2hrs)

Assessment and permitted materials

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Examination topics

Reading list

Bahovec Potocnik Zrinscak (2007) Religion and Social Capital: the diversity of European Regions In: Frane, Adam (ed.) Social Capital and Governance. Lit Verlag.
Bellah, R. Madsen, R. Sullivan, W. M. Swidler, A. Tipton, S. M. (1996). Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Bellah, R. (1998). Community Properly Understood: A Defense of 'Democratic Communitarism’. In A. Etzioni (szerk.), The Essential Communitarian Reader (pp. 15-19). Lanham, Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
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Bourdieu, P. (1980). Le Capital Social. Notes Provisoires. Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales. vol 31. janvier 1980. 2-3.
Bourdieu, P. (2001). The Forms of Capital. The Sociology of Economic Life, 96111
Castiglione, D. Van Derh, J. W. (2008) The Handbook of social capital. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Coleman, J. A. (2003). Religious Social Capital Its Nature, Social Location, and Limits. In C. Smidt (Ed.), Religion as Social Capital: Producing the Common Good (pp. 3347). Waco, TX: Baylor University Press.
Coleman, J. S. (1988). `Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital` The American Journal of Sociology 94: 95120
Cox, E. (1995). A Truly Civil Society. Sydney, ABC Books.
Cox, E. (1998). Measuring Social Capital As Part of Progress and Well-Being. Measuring Progress. Is Life Getting Better? R. Eckersley. Collingwood, Victoria, CSIRO Publishing 157167.
Cox, E. (2007). ´The Functional Value of Social Capital.` Australian Journal of Social Issues 42(4): 503512
Eiesland, N. L. and R. S. Warner (1998). Ecology: Seeing the Congregation in Context. Studying Congregations. N. T. A. e. al.]. Nashville, Abingdon Press: 40-77.
Greeley, A. M. (1997). Coleman revisited: religious structures as a source of social capital. American Behavioral Scientist, 40(5), 587594.
Kuusisto, Arniika (2010) Religious identity based social networks as facilitators of teenagers’ social capital: A case study on Adventist families in Finland In. (2010) Youth and Social Capital. The Tufnell Press.
Nagy, G. D. (2010). Religious Social Capital in Central and East Europe. In Porció T. (szerk.) The Study of Religions in Szeged. Szeged, JatePress. pp. 65-73.
Nešpor, Zdenek R. (2004.) Religious Processes in Contemporary Czech Society.Sociologický casopis/Czech Sociological Review, 40, 277-295.
Nešpor, Zdenek R. (2005.) Between Religion and Atheism: Hidden Religiosity of the Contemporary Czech Society. Pp. 254-274 in Silvia Jozefciaková (ed.):Modern Religion.Bratislava: Ústav pre vztahy štátu a cirkví.
Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling Alone - The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks.
Pusztai, G. (2004). Iskola és közösség. Budapest, Gondolat.
Uslaner, E. M. (2001). Volunteering and social capital: How trust and religion shape civic participation in the Untied States. In P. Dekker E. M. Uslaner (szerk.), Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life (pp. 104117). London: Routledge
Wuthnow, R. (1999). Mobilizing Civic Engagement: The Changing Impact of Religious Involvement. In T. Skocpol M. P. Fiorina (Eds.), Civic Engagement in American Democracy (pp. 331363). Washingtown, D. C.: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS.

Association in the course directory

Master RW M5, IDRW 4.9.; LV für Wahlmodul 10 (011 11W, 08W), freies Wahlfach für 011 (02W), 012 (02W) und 020

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