Sentence:  We have seen that the folksy <WSD>spirit</WSD> is confined to economic peers ; consequently , the vulnerability to social difference should not be attributed to the stress on personal community in Protestant congregations ; actually , there is little evidence of such personal community in Protestant congregations , as we shall see in another connection . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people