Decline in Prejudice among Church-Goers Following Clergy-Led Open Housing Campaign
A 1959 study of suburban attitudes toward open housing demonstrated the typical findings of relationship between church-going and prejudice: church members were more prejudiced than non-members, and moderate attenders were more prejudiced than either frequent or slight attenders. A six-year follow-u...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1971]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Clerics
B Neighborhoods B Communities B Suburbs B Housing B Residential Segregation B Prejudices B White people |
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| Summary: | A 1959 study of suburban attitudes toward open housing demonstrated the typical findings of relationship between church-going and prejudice: church members were more prejudiced than non-members, and moderate attenders were more prejudiced than either frequent or slight attenders. A six-year follow-up, after vigorous efforts by clergy and others in the community to counteract prejudice among church-goers, yielded substantially different results: church members were less prejudiced than non-members, and moderate attenders were the least prejudiced. Evidence of the "Myrdal dilemma" remained: large percentages still regard segregation as unChristian or undemocratic, but oppose open housing. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1385303 |