ISBN:
9780520968929
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (204 pages)
Series Statement:
Sociology in the Twenty-First Century Ser. v.6
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pearce, Lisa D., 1971 - Religion in America
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
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Religion and sociology ; United States
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Electronic books
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USA
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Religion
;
Religiöses Leben
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Religiöses Verhalten
Abstract:
Written in an engaging and accessible tone, Religion in America probes the dynamics of recent American religious beliefs and behaviors. Charting trends over time using demographic data, this book examines how patterns of religious affiliation, service attendance, and prayer vary by race and ethnicity, social class, and gender. The authors identify demographic processes such as birth, death, and migration, as well as changes in education, employment, and families, as central to why some individuals and congregations experience change in religious practices and beliefs while others hold steady. Religion in America challenges students to examine the demographic data alongside everyday accounts of how religion is experienced differently across social groups to better understand the role that religion plays in the lives of Americans today and how that is changing..
Abstract:
Cover -- Religion in America -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Text Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Racial and Ethnic Variation in Religion and Its Trends -- 2. Complex Religion in America -- 3. A Demographic Perspective on Religious Change -- 4. Change in America's Congregations -- 5. The Long Arm of Religion in America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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