Citation

De Jong GF, Faulkner JE. Sociol. Relig. 1967; 28(1): 34-43.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1967, Association for the Sociology of Religion)

DOI

10.2307/3710420

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The role of the church in contemporary issues of social justice is examined by analyzing attitudinal data from a sample of college students. While considerable support was accorded the diffuse national goal of a fully integrated society, the respondents were far from certain that the clergy and the church should be actively involved in obtaining this goal. More church members than non-members agreed with the general orientation of a fully integrated society, although more Protestants and non-members than Catholics supported the active involvement of the clergy. An analysis of the data by the degree of individual religiosity, as measured by an eight-item Guttman scale, showed that, in general a larger proportion of high as compared with low religiosity respondents supported an integrated society as a national goal, but a lower proportion of high religiosity respondents supported direct involvement by the church or the clergy.