Sociological Explanation of the Relationship between Religious Capital and Moral Identity (Case Study of Isfahan City)

One of the major concerns in human societies that has always been the focus of attention of humanities and social scientists, is the existence of a society with moral activists. According to the Stets' theory, moral identity guides behavior and therefor it is important to know the factors that affect it. Accordingly, the purpose of this article was to study the impact of the variable of religious capital on moral identity.
To investigate this relationship, the required data were collected using a survey method and questionnaire and a sample of 546 citizens of Isfahan aged over 15 by Quota Sampling proportional to volume based on age, gender and region of residence.
The findings of the study showed that the score of moral identity and its dimensions as well as religious capital is higher than the average.
In addition, the variable of religious capital explains 29% of variance of moral identity variable. Therefore, it can be said that the variable of religious capital has a high level of explanation of variance of moral identity variable.