Church Growth and Decline: A Test of the Market-Based Approach
A major concern of scholars who have applied rational choice theory to the study of religion has been to understand church growth and decline. According to some versions of this theory, churches that are in higher tension with society produce more committed members than those in lower tension. More...
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2008
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Review of religious research
Year: 2008, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-268 |
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