Leaving the Church Behind: Applying a Deconversion Perspective to Evangelical Exit Narratives

The motivating factors and structural processes of religious exits have been important inquiries in the sociology of religion and are increasingly important to the field of non-religious studies. Based on qualitative research with 20 former post-Boomer Evangelical Christians, this article takes a ph...

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Main Author: Fazzino, Lori L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2014
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 249-266
Further subjects:B Dekonversion
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