Bringing the Congregations Back in: Religious Markets, Congregational Density, and American Religious Participation

We draw on the organizational ecology tradition to frame the relationship between the religious environment of a community and local religious participation. Prior research linking religious environments to religious participation downplays a key organizational aspect of religion: the congregation....

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Authors: Blanchard, Troy (Author) ; Stroope, Samuel (Author) ; Tolbert, Charles M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2014]
In: Religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 929-947
Further subjects:B congregational density
B organizational ecology
B religious participation
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