Lenski Revisited: The Linkage Role of Religion in Primary and Secondary Groups

Abstract

This study replicates and extends teh hypotheses proposed by Gerhard Lenski in The Religious Factor regarding differential Protestant-Catholic primary and secondary involvements. The data consist of three National Opinion Research Center General Social Surveys involving national samples. The study demonstrates that a "religious factor" remains, but it now operates in a similar manner for both Protestant and Catholics.