Changes in the Social Status of Lutheranism in Ninety Chicago Suburbs, 1950–1960
Changes in the distribution of Lutheran membership in suburban Chicago municipalities at status intervals between 1950 and 1960 are presented. Summarized, the changes are: a mild decline in representation at the very top and very bottom of the scale, sharp increases in representation in the middle a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1966
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1966, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 138-145 |
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| Summary: | Changes in the distribution of Lutheran membership in suburban Chicago municipalities at status intervals between 1950 and 1960 are presented. Summarized, the changes are: a mild decline in representation at the very top and very bottom of the scale, sharp increases in representation in the middle and upper middle intervals, and a very sharp decline in representation in the lower middle interval. Three hypotheses—not necessarily mutually exclusive—are advanced to account for the changes. These relate to the following factors: denominational mission policies, selective migration patterns within the suburbs, and, relying on Weber's famous hypothesis concerning the Protestant Ethic, an hypothesized greater attraction of Lutheranism as compared to other Protestant denominations for the “new suburbanite” of the 1950's. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710387 |