Religious capital

Religious capital

Religious capital, mainly a sociological concept, is the investment an individual makes into his or her religious faith. The investment is the time and physical work involved with the religious faith, as well as the personal investment in ideology, doctrine, and practice. Rodney Stark has used this theory to explain conversion experiences in a number of his books, notably "The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success " and "The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal, Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force". Within the realm of conversion, religious capital theory predicts that individuals will attempt to conserve their religious capital. Large doctrinal or behavioral changes lose more religious capital than small ones, thus a Catholic is more likely to become Episcopalian than 7th Day Adventist or Lutheran.


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