Religious Communities, Immigration, and Social Cohesion in Rural Areas: Evidence from England

Autor/in	Andrews, Rhys
Titel	Religious Communities, Immigration, and Social Cohesion in Rural Areas: Evidence from England
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 76 (2011) 4, S.535-561 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00057.x
Schlagwörter	Protestants; Social Integration; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Immigration; Social Capital; Immigrants; Religious Cultural Groups; Religious Organizations; Catholics; Social Cognition; Social Attitudes; Social Distance; Intergroup Relations; Outreach Programs; Community Attitudes; Rural Sociology; Textbook Content; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Protestantism; Protestantismus; Soziale Integration; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Sozialkapital; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Katholik; Soziale Kognition; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Jobcoaching; Agrarsoziologie; Lehrbuchtext
Abstract	Religious communities are important sources of bridging and bonding social capital that have varying implications for perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas. In particular, as well as cultivating cohesiveness more broadly, the bridging social capital associated within mainline religious communities may represent an especially important source of support for the social integration of new immigrant groups. Although the bonding social capital associated with evangelical communities is arguably less conducive to wider social cohesion, it may prompt outreach work by those communities, which can enhance immigrant integration. This article examines these assumptions by exploring the relationship between mainline and evangelical religious communities, immigration, and residents' perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas in England. I model the separate and combined effects of religious communities and economic in-migration on social cohesion using multivariate statistical techniques. The analysis suggests that mainline Protestant communities enhance social cohesion in rural England, while evangelical communities do not. The social integration of immigrants appears to be more likely where mainline Protestant and Catholic communities are strong, but is unaffected by the strength of evangelical ones. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10