Capitalising on faith? An intergenerational study of social and religious capital among Baby Boomers and Millennials in Britain
dc.contributor.author | Fox, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Muddiman, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Hampton, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Kolpinskaya, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-29T13:00:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Intergenerational inequalities in economic security, health, and political participation are frequently associated with inequalities in access to social capital. Millennials (those born…) are often regarded as the least civically active generation, suggesting that they have less access to social capital, compared to other generations. Numerous studies have linked the decline of religion with falling social capital, as younger generations are deprived of a valuable source of social interaction; others, however, have claimed the link between the two is spurious because Millennials have developed different ways of interacting with social institutions and each other. Despite various studies exploring links between forms of religious and social capital, the role of religious decline in contributing to the intergenerational inequalities of today remains unclear. This study examines how religious capital is related to social capital for Baby Boomers and Millennials in the UK. Our analysis shows that while lower levels of religious capital are contributing to lower levels of social capital among Millennials, religious activity is also a more effective source of social capital for Millennials than their elders. We discuss possible interpretations of our data, including exploring whether greater religious engagement among Millennials may protect against intergenerational inequality and conflict. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 7 June 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0038026120946679 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/L009099/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/121698 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2021. Open access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | |
dc.subject | generations | en_GB |
dc.subject | social capital | en_GB |
dc.subject | religion | en_GB |
dc.subject | religious capital | en_GB |
dc.subject | Millennials | en_GB |
dc.subject | Baby Boomers | en_GB |
dc.subject | intergenerational conflict | en_GB |
dc.title | Capitalising on faith? An intergenerational study of social and religious capital among Baby Boomers and Millennials in Britain | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-29T13:00:48Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-0261 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Sociological Review | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-05-26 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-05-26 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-06-29T11:52:00Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-06-17T14:29:47Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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