Institutional versus Contextual Explanations for the Growth of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, 1945-2002

The relative explanatory power of institutional and contextual factors as explanations for the growth of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States between 1945 and 2002 are compared through the use of a basic demographic approach. The analysis demonstrates that the growth of the Witnesses du...

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Main Author: Sturgis, Paul W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2008
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2008, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 290-300
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