Is Religion Still Relevant in the Private Sphere? The State of Organized Religion in an Australian Rural Community

This article draws on data from a longitudinal rural community study to examine the validity of the arguments of Berger, Luckmann, and others that religion is still relevant in the private, if not the public, sphere. It is shown that support for organized religion has declined dramatically during th...

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Main Author: Dempsey, Kenneth (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1989
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1989, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-263
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