Formal Responses to Increasing Diversity within Social Institutions

对社会机构内部日益多元化的正式回应

• 批准号: 1227115
• 负责人: Tricia Bruce
• 金额: $ 2.6万
• 依托单位: Maryville College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1227115&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Formal; Responses; Increasing; Diversity; within

"Formal Responses to Increasing Diversity within Social Institutions"Tricia C. Bruce, PIABSTRACTHow do social institutions respond to increasing diversity? This research examines the question of the accommodation of subcultures in religious institutions via an in-depth, national look at non-territorial parishes in the U.S. Catholic Church. Data are drawn from: (1) a nationwide survey of dioceses regarding the presence and creation of non-territorial or "personal" parishes, and (2) follow-up case studies of personal parishes in several dioceses.In a context of increasing racial, political, and cultural diversification in the U.S., this study brings attention to how the largest U.S. religious denomination has fostered and managed congregations which serve sub-cultural groups. It maps an important concept (the "personal parish") which has growing and significant implication for how Americans build and define religion in local contexts. The creation of personal parishes to serve subcultures of Catholics on the basis of ethnicity, language, rite, or other reason reveals how religious groups act within a pluralistic religious marketplace driven increasingly by identity rather than territorial ascription. Findings carry significance not only for religious groups in their attempts to accommodate diversity from within but also for a broader understanding of homophily and heterogeneity in American life as revealed in a variety of social institutions.Broader ImpactsThis project brings empirical data to bear on questions relevant to all social institutions facing subcultural diversification. Its relevance to the ways social institutions accommodate diversity and organize amidst changing local contexts can be utilized by scholars and policy makers.Its broader impacts also include (1) training for undergraduate students at an Appalachian, non-PhD granting college (including multilingual and first-generation college students) in the methodology of the social sciences, (2) presentation to broad audiences interested in the theoretical and cultural implications of responses to subcultural diversity in American religion and other social institutions, and (3) public access to previously ungathered information on congregations geared toward traditionally marginalized populations. A resulting database of personal parish profiles will facilitate future studies of diversification in the American religious landscape.

“对社会机构内日益增加的多样性的正式回应”Tricia C。布鲁斯，PIABSTRACT社会机构如何应对日益增长的多样性？本研究探讨了在宗教机构的亚文化的住宿问题，通过深入的，在美国的非领土教区的国家看看天主教会。数据来自：（1）一项全国性的教区调查，关于非地域性或“个人”教区的存在和创建，以及（2）几个教区的个人教区的后续案例研究。在美国种族、政治和文化日益多样化的背景下，这项研究使人们注意到美国最大的宗教派别是如何培养和管理为亚文化群体服务的教会的。它描绘了一个重要的概念（“个人教区”），这对美国人如何在当地环境中建立和定义宗教具有越来越重要的意义。个人教区的创建，以服务天主教徒的亚文化的种族，语言，仪式，或其他原因的基础上，揭示了宗教团体如何在多元化的宗教市场越来越多地由身份，而不是领土归属驱动的行为。调查结果进行意义不仅宗教团体在他们试图从内部容纳多样性，但也为更广泛的理解同质性和异质性在美国生活中所揭示的各种社会institutions.Broader ImpactsThis项目带来的经验数据承担相关的问题，所有的社会机构面临亚文化多元化。 它与社会机构适应多样性和在不断变化的地方环境中组织的方式的相关性可以被学者和政策制定者利用。它更广泛的影响还包括（1）在阿巴拉契亚的非博士授予学院培训本科生（包括多语种和第一代大学生）在社会科学的方法，（2）介绍给广大观众感兴趣的理论和文化的影响，在美国宗教和其他社会机构的亚文化多样性的反应，和（3）公众访问以前未收集的信息，面向传统上边缘化的人群聚集。由此产生的数据库的个人教区概况将有利于未来的研究多样化的美国宗教景观。