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Measuring religious costs and rewards in a cross-cultural perspective

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  • Miran LavriÄ

    (University of Maribor, Slovenia, miran.lavric@uni-mb.si)

  • Sergej Flere

    (University of Maribor, Slovenia)

Abstract

The assumption of rationally motivated individual religious behavior was tested in a survey of undergraduate university students from four different cultural/religious environments: Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and the United States of America. In particular, an attempt was made to explain readiness to bear religious costs by the expectation of otherworldly rewards and some other variables, such as religious socialization, support in the upbringing of children, religious capital, satisfaction with religious services and the perceived social sanctions for possible religious nonparticipation. It was found that it is the otherworldly rewards in all the samples that explain by far the major part of the variance in the readiness to bear religious costs. These results suggest that individuals do tend to make rational choices even when it comes to religion. Based on their beliefs, they are ready to accept religious costs approximately to the level of their expectation of otherworldly rewards.

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  • Miran LavriÄ & Sergej Flere, 2010. "Measuring religious costs and rewards in a cross-cultural perspective," Rationality and Society, , vol. 22(2), pages 223-236, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ratsoc:v:22:y:2010:i:2:p:223-236
    DOI: 10.1177/1043463110366227
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    1. Jenny-Ann Brodin, 2003. "A Matter of Choice: A Micro-Level Study on how Swedish New Agers Choose their Religious Beliefs and Practices," Rationality and Society, , vol. 15(3), pages 381-405, August.
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    1. Katie E. Corcoran, 2012. "Religious human capital revisited: Testing the effect of religious human capital on religious participation," Rationality and Society, , vol. 24(3), pages 343-379, August.
    2. Jason Wollschleger & Lindsey R. Beach, 2013. "Religious chameleons: Exploring the social context for belonging without believing," Rationality and Society, , vol. 25(2), pages 178-197, May.
    3. Miran LavriÄ & Sergej Flere, 2011. "Intrinsic religious orientation and religious rewards: An empirical evaluation of two approaches to religious motivation," Rationality and Society, , vol. 23(2), pages 217-233, May.
    4. Katie E. Corcoran, 2013. "Divine exchanges: Applying social exchange theory to religious behavior," Rationality and Society, , vol. 25(3), pages 335-369, August.

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