| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 149 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Diversity -- Belief -- Involvement -- Congregations -- Leaders -- Liberal Protestant decline -- Polarization -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Most Americans say they believe in God, and more than a third say they attend religious services every week. Yet studies show that people do not really go to church as often as they claim, and it is not always clear what they mean when they tell pollsters they believe in God or pray. American Religion presents the best and most up-to-date information about religious trends in the United States, in a succinct and accessible manner. This sourcebook provides essential information about key developments in American religion since 1972, and is the first major resource of its kind to appear in more than two decades. Mark Chaves looks at trends in diversity, belief, involvement, congregational life, leadership, liberal Protestant decline, and polarization. He draws on two important surveys: the General Social Survey, an ongoing survey of Americans' changing attitudes and behaviors, begun in 1972; and the National Congregations Study, a survey of American religious congregations across the religious spectrum. Chaves finds that American religious life has seen much continuity in recent decades, but also much change. He challenges the popular notion that religion is witnessing a resurgence in the United States--in fact, traditional belief and practice is either stable or declining. Chaves examines why the decline in liberal Protestant denominations has been accompanied by the spread of liberal Protestant attitudes about religious and social tolerance, how confidence in religious institutions has declined more than confidence in secular institutions, and a host of other crucial trends. Now with updated data and a new preface by the author, this revised edition provides essential information about key developments in American religion since 1972, plainly showing that religiosity is declining in America |
| Analysis |
Activism |
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African Americans |
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Alan Wolfe |
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American Community Survey |
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Americans |
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Attendance |
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Baby boomers |
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Bachelor's degree |
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Baptists |
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Belief in God |
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Biblical inerrancy |
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Biblical literalism |
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Black church |
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Bowling Alone |
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Brookings Institution |
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Buddhism |
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Calculation |
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Career |
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Catholic Church |
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Catholic school |
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Catholicism |
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Christian denomination |
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Christian |
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Church attendance |
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Church of the Nazarene |
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Church service |
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Civic engagement |
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Clergy |
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Culture war |
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David Voas |
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Duke Divinity School |
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Duke University |
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Educational Testing Service |
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Educational attainment |
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Empty tomb |
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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General Social Survey |
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Gerhard Lenski |
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God |
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Harvard University Press |
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Homosexuality |
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Household |
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Immigration to the United States |
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Informality |
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Irreligion |
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Islam in the United States |
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Jews |
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Lutheranism |
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Mainline Protestant |
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Martin E. Marty |
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Master of Divinity |
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Megachurch |
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Minister (Christianity) |
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Month |
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Mosque |
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Mrs |
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Muslim |
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National Science Foundation |
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On Religion |
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Oxford University Press |
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Pastor |
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Percentage point |
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Percentage |
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Pew Research Center |
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Political party |
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Politics |
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Premarital sex |
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Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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Presbyterian Church in America |
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Princeton University Press |
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Principal investigator |
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Protestantism |
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Reformed Church in America |
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Religion |
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Religiosity |
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Religious denomination |
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Religious identity |
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Religious liberalism |
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Religious organization |
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Religious pluralism |
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Return to normalcy |
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Revised Version |
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Rhodes Scholarship |
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Robert D. Putnam |
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Robert Wuthnow |
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Russell Sage Foundation |
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Salary |
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Secularization |
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Social conservatism |
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Southern Baptist Convention |
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Spiritual but not religious |
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Spirituality |
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Synod |
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Technology |
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Theda Skocpol |
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United Church of Christ |
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Voting |
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Worship |
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Year |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-146) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- General.
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Religion
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Religiosität
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Religion -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140504
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| Subject |
United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400888375 |
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1400888379 |
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