Cultural-Historical Factors in Religious Economies: Further Analysis of the Canadian Case
This article provides a more thorough analysis of the 1981 Canadian census data on religion than has heretofore been presented. The church-sect-cult model of Stark and Bainbridge as used by Nock (1987, 1989) is particularly called into question as providing an adequate explanation for religious grou...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer
1991
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Review of religious research
Année: 1991, Volume: 33, Numéro: 1, Pages: 60-75 |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | This article provides a more thorough analysis of the 1981 Canadian census data on religion than has heretofore been presented. The church-sect-cult model of Stark and Bainbridge as used by Nock (1987, 1989) is particularly called into question as providing an adequate explanation for religious group membership dispersal in the Canadian provinces and territories. Immigration patterns are suggested as stronger historical-cultural determinants of group membership strength than whether the group fits a particular organizational type or what the concentration patterns are of "conventional" and "unconventional" religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511261 |