Tg. Jelen et Ma. Chandler, PATTERNS OF RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION - COMMUNALISM, ASSOCIATIONIALISM AND THE POLITICS OF LIFE-STYLE, Review of religious research, 38(2), 1996, pp. 142-158
The effects of religious communalism (interaction with correligionists
) and associationalism (exposure to and acceptance of elite-level reli
gious communications) on a variety of attitudes toward ''social issues
'' are compared. In general, associationalism is a stronger predictor
of political attitudes than communalism.