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Dokumen 1 dari 1 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION Link dokumen ProQuest Teks lengkap: Vaidyanathan, B., 8c Snell, P. Motivations for and obstacles to religious financial giving Volume 72,189-214. (2011). Many religious traditions teach individuals to give financially to the church. However, actual giving within thechurch varies across denominations and within individual churches. Studies have shown that Conservative andEvangelical Protestants give the highest amounts, whereas Mainline Protestants and Catholics have beenshown to give at much lower levels. However, many individuals do not give at all. There are a number ofpossible explanations for these variations including available financial resources, parental influence,perceptions regarding others' need, guilt, and other obstacles. The authors define four possible groups of giversby their reasons to give. These are socialized giving, need giving, normative giving, and guilt giving. They alsoidentify three obstacles to giving: wealth insecurity, giving illiteracy, and comfortable guilt. They sought toinvestigate motivations and obstacles among individuals from different church contexts. Phone surveys were conducted with all congregations located in three midsized cities. U.S. Census data wasconnected to congregational survey data through postal codes. Then they conducted in-person interviews withyouth ministers from these congregations. Four congregations from these areas were selected, and thendifferent church activities were observed. Content analysis was used to examine website information or printedmaterials from the churches. Finally, they interviewed individuals who attended the churches, as well as leaderswithin each congregation. Two of the four churches were used for the purposes of this study: a conservativeEvangelical Protestant (EP) church and a Mainline Protestant (MP) church. They found that many individuals from both churches, regardless of how much they gave, had learned to givefrom their parents. Normative giving (i.e., giving because the church, Bible, or God teaches them that it is rightto give) was more common in the high givers in the EP church than high givers in the MP church. Some of thehigh givers in the MP church mentioned need giving (i.e., giving because of the needs of others), whereas needgiving was not mentioned in the EP congregates. In terms of obstacles, most people who were considered lowgivers reported that they were giving what they could. Some individuals thought that they were giving a highpercentage of their income when they in fact were not. There were more individuals from the EP church who feltguilt than the MP church. Understanding the variables the help to predict giving motivations and obstacles is important during the currenteconomic climate of the U.S. Normative givers in the EP church felt that that they would be letting God down ifthey did not give. MP members instead reported more of a duty-based motivation and gave out of tradition.Another unexpected finding was that individuals who felt badly that they did not have the financial resources togive of their money wanted to give of their time. These findings help to provide information to pastors andsupport the idea that giving should not be a "one size fits all" approach. Developing appropriate ways to teachon giving in churches is needed. Judul: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION Pengarang: Anonymous Judul publikasi: Journal of Psychology and Theology Volume: 42 Edisi: 2

Halaman: 228-229 Jumlah halaman: 2 Tahun publikasi: 2014 Tanggal publikasi: Spring 2014 Tahun: 2014 Bagian: Journal File Penerbit: Rosemead Graduate School of Professional Psychology Tempat publikasi: La Mirada Negara publikasi: United States Subjek publikasi: Religions And Theology, Psychology ISSN: 00916471 Jenis sumber: Scholarly Journals Bahasa publikasi: English Jenis dokumen: General Information ID dokumen ProQuest: 1562507102 URL Dokumen: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1562507102?accountid=25704 Hak cipta: Copyright Rosemead Graduate School of Professional Psychology Spring 2014 Terakhir diperbarui: 2014-10-02 Basis data: ProQuest Psychology Journals

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