Denominations as Dual Structures: An Organizational Analysis
The central thesis of this article is that denominations are composed of two parallel structures overlying congregations: a religious authority structure and an agency structure. This article elaborates the notion of religious authority structure, provides a brief overview of agency structure origin...
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Oxford Univ. Press
1993
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Sociology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-169 |
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