Serving God and Country? Religious Involvement and Military Service among Young Adult Men
Title | Serving God and Country? Religious Involvement and Military Service among Young Adult Men |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Burdette, Amy M., Victor Wang, Glen H. Elder, Terrence D. Hill, and Janel Benson |
Journal | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 794-804 |
Date Published | 12/2009 |
Abstract | Despite important connections between religion and military action throughout world history, scholars have seldom explored the association between religiosity and military enlistment. In this article, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors used a person-oriented analysis to categorize young men according to patterns of adolescent religious involvement. Youth identified as "highly religious evangelical" are more likely to enlist in the military compared to their "highly religious nonevangelical" and "nonreligious" counterparts; however, these findings hold only for those young men without college experience. These findings are discussed along with study limitations and promising directions for future research. |
URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40405670 |