Diversity Dynamics: How Local Religious Groups Appear, Persist, or Disappear over Time

Religious diversity is often described and measured statically. This article goes a step further by describing how congregational religious diversity changes over time, and by exposing the mechanisms underlying these changes. We combine data from two censuses (from 2008 and 2020) of congregations in...

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Authors: Senn, Jeremy (Author) ; Stolz, Jörg (Author) ; Monnot, Christophe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2024
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 519-542
Further subjects:B Religious Diversity
B Congregations
B sociology of organizations
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