The Optimal Level of Strictness and Congregational Growth
Beginning with Kelley’s and Iannaccone’s foundational studies, scholars have examined how strictness impacts congregational outcomes. This paper seeks to further develop the strict church thesis by examining Iannaccone’s concept of “optimal level of strictness”, an idea that there are limits to stri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2014]
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| In: |
Religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 703-719 |
| Further subjects: | B
strict church thesis
B Protestant Christianity B congregational growth B niches B quantitative methodology B Religious Organizations |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
