2008 Association for the Sociology of Religion Presidential AddressEncounters in the Heartland: What Studying Rural Churches Taught Me about Working across Differences

The story of declining rural churches is a powerful one. A story of declining rural churches in declining communities is engaging on both the cognitive and emotional levels and leads the hearer into the powerful narrative of modernization. Yet, it is a story that neglects the migration trends into m...

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Main Author: Neitz, Mary Jo (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2009
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 343-361
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