American Religion: Contemporary Trends
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691177562 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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. Chaves finds that American religious life has seen much continuity in recent decades, but also much change. Most Americans say they believe in God, and more than a third say they attend religious services every week. 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.. He challenges the popular notion that religion is witnessing a
. Mark Chaves is professor of sociology, religion, and divinity at Duke University. He is the author of Congregations in America and Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations
Olson, Sociology of Religion"In this brief book sociologist Chaves traces changes occurring in religion in the U.S. religion and politics. between 1972 and 2008. Winner of the 2012 Christianity and Culture Book Award, Christianity Today"Chaves has provided new scholars, nonspecialists in the sociology of religion, and the general public with an accessible and accurate text that gathers a wide range of information into one place, and does so in barely more than 100 pages. The book will serve to advance undergraduate and graduate learning concerning the complex and oftentimes complicated nexus between U.S. For this reason, I think that Chaves's volume would also make a useful foil with graduate students in social science."--Penny Long Marler, Social Forces. Wilson, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies"Unsettling though it may be, American Religion is essential reading for pastors and lay leaders alike who want to understand the lar