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Calhoun-Brown, Allison. "Be Fruitful and Multiply? Church Size and the Generation of Social Capital" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41352_index.html>

Calhoun-Brown, A. , 2005-09-01 "Be Fruitful and Multiply? Church Size and the Generation of Social Capital" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41352_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper focuses on social trust because it lies at the heart of how and why association through churches is supposed to increase social capital. Theoretically the logic is clear. According to Putnam, �the more we connect with other people the more we trust them and vice versa (1995, 665). Social capital theory posits that organizationally personal associations are valuable because through regular interaction people learn to have confidence and rely on each other and develop the norms of reciprocity and obligation that sustain democratic systems. As Smidt observes, �the social capital framework generally presumes that associational life and interpersonal trust are simply interrelated� (2003: 5). Indeed, for Putnam, trust constitutes an essential component of social capital� (1993, 170). But can we safely presume the relationship between associational life and interpersonal trust? Stressing the need to examine this question, Welch et. al. (2004) note few empirical studies have validated insights about the types of groups or institutional contexts that foster social trust and even fewer have examined how religious involvement impacts it. As Stolle and Rochon note, � in the enthusiasm for the effect of associations on social capital, distinctions between the different types, purposes and forms of associations have tended to be lost� (1998: 54).

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