Are Religious Activities Socially Contributive Activities? : An Analysis of Survey Research on Socially-Contributive ActivitiesConducted by Religious Organizations

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テラザワ, シゲノリ

Terazawa, Shigenori

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statement about socially-contributive activities

multiple regression analysis

open-ended question

The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of agreement with the statement that religious activities are socially-contributive activities. The annual Syukyo Nenkan fact book was used to contact religious organizations. Using multiple regression analyses, it was found that traditional Buddhist organizations, organizations which do not conduct socially-contributive activities, and organizations which think that conducting socially-contributive activities will cause the organization to become a part of government agreed strongly with the statement that religious activities are socially-contributive activities. It was also found that the size of the organization, agreement with the statement that religious organizations are expected by citizens to conduct socially-contributive activities, and agreement with the statement that socially-contributive activities are interactions with local citizens had no significant effect on whether the organization considered religious activities to be socially–contributive activities.