How connected to other people are religious traditionalists and evangelical Christians?  Contrary to the popular image that "holy rollers" are rather insular in their social dealings, Dr. Markus Schafer (Sociology, University of Toronto) shares the results of a number of studies he conducted on how linked in religious and non-religious folks are to their broader communities.  Interestingly, he finds that religious traditionalists are more broadly networked than many social scientists...

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