The Resourceful Believer: Generating Civic Skills in Church
The Resourceful Believer: Generating Civic Skills in Church
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足智多谋的信徒：在教会中培养公民技能
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Christopher P. Gilbert
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作者：
Paul A. Djupe;Christopher P. Gilbert
我们调查成员在教会中实践与政治相关的公民技能的条件，为政治活动培养了足智多谋的公民基础。先前的研究认为，教会是黑匣子，有时未具体说明且几乎总是未经测试的流程来鼓励公民技能的发展。相比之下，我们将教会概念化为多元化的组织，并发现证据表明，以教会为基础的小团体的社会同质性可以促进个人技能的更大发展。此外，当成员与社区隔离时，他们会将精力投入到教会和技能发展上。我们还测试了神职人员促进技能发展的功效，发现了混合的证据。总体而言，我们发现相当多的支持证明打开黑匣子并调查教会促进公民技能获得的各种方式的决定是合理的。
We investigate the conditions under which members practice politically relevant civic skills in church, generating a base of resourceful citizens equipped for political activity. Previous research has considered congregations to be black boxes, with sometimes unspecified and almost always untested processes operating to encourage civic skill development. In contrast, we conceptualize churches as diverse organizations and find evidence that the social homogeneity of church-based small groups allows for greater individual skill development. Moreover, members direct their energies toward the church and skill development when they are socially isolated from their communities. We also test the efficacy of clergy to promote skill development, finding mixed evidence. Overall, we find considerable support justifying the decision to open the black box and investigate the varied ways in which churches promote the acquisition of civic skills.