This contribution examines the role of religion as source of social trust. Going beyond the
scope of the existing literature, I jointly evaluate the effect of individual religiosity and
regional religious context by means of multilevel analysis. The results suggest that there is a
double positive effect of Protestantism: Not only do Protestants tend to be more trusting, but
a Protestant context also increases one's trust–regardless of individual religious beliefs.
Furthermore, while church attendance is a powerful predictor for social trust, a context effect …