Are We Entering a Post-Christian Era?: Religious Belief and Attendance in America, 1957-1968

In recent years some scholars of religion have observed that religious belief in the United States is so declining rapidly that a post-Christian era seems both inevitable and imminent. Survey data for national samples of Americans suggest, however, that there has been no appreciable decline in level...

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Authors: Hertel, Bradley R. 1943- (Author) ; Nelsen, Hart M. 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1974]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1974, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 409-419
Further subjects:B Orthodox Church
B Social generations
B Afterlife
B Older Adults
B Death
B Age
B Orthodoxy
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