The value of religion speaks less through sermons and more through - TopicsExpress



          

The value of religion speaks less through sermons and more through the soup kitchens, hospitals, schools and countless other humanitarian works it nurtures. Simply put, religion builds social capital. Research shows that more than 90 percent of those who attend weekly worship services donate to charity. … Religious observance is linked to higher civic involvement, connected to trust and correlated with the neighborly virtues of charitable giving, volunteerism and altruism. Churches of all kinds bring communities together and provide a space and setting for individuals to serve people they otherwise would not. According to Rabbi [Jonathan] Sacks, religion “remains the most powerful community builder the world has known.”
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:40:05 +0000

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