Church Involvement and the Comfort Thesis in Alberta
Glock, Ringer, and Babbie have argued that people who become involved in church are seeking a comfortable refuge from the deprivations associated with being old, female, unmarried, or having a small income or little education. The present research tests this thesis using data from a provincewide sam...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1974]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1974, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 463-470 |
Further subjects: | B
Lutheranism
B Older Adults B Anglicanism B Catholicism B Sectarianism B Church Attendance B Composite indices B Cults |
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