Holy Honor: Sacred and Secular in the Old South

Crowther, Edward R.

doi:10.2307/2210787

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“…This finding lines up with previous research on regional religious expression that finds religion to be a common topic of discussion in public places in the South but not in the Northeast (Silk 2005). American evangelicalism has a long history in the American South that is wrapped up in the region's history of slavery and the coinciding Second Great Awakening that spread evangelical Protestantism to both Black and White southerners through emotional revivals and circuit-riding preachers who encouraged people to share their beliefs with others (Crowther 1992;Harvey 2015). As a result, a culture of "evangelizing"-or talking about one's faith with others openly-persists in the American South even though the region is now increasingly more religiously diverse.…”

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confidence: 78%

The Role of Region and Religious Tradition in Predicting Individuals’ Expressions of Faith in the Workplace

et al. 2023

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While many variables might influence an individual’s willingness to express their faith in the workplace, the role of regional context has not been fully considered. The different geographical regions in the U.S. consist of unique demographics and cultures that could shape an individual’s expression of faith at work. Moreover, these regional effects might be moderated by an individual’s specific religious tradition. Using data from a survey of U.S. adults featuring oversamples of Jewish and Muslim individuals, we utilize two unique measures of religious expression—displaying/wearing religious items at work and talking about religion at work—to assess the roles of region and religious tradition in expression of faith at work. We find that regional cultures can sometimes override religious subcultures to determine if and how people express their religion in the workplace. We find that evangelical-conservative Christians are more likely than those following most other religious traditions to say that they talk about their faith at work, regardless of the region in which they reside. However, we also find that individuals in the South tend to be more likely to express their faith in the workplace independent of their religious tradition while evangelicals in the Northwest are less so. The findings have broader implications for subcultures related to religious pluralism in an increasingly diverse U.S. society.

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confidence: 78%