Books+ Search Results
Religion in America
Author
Title
Religion in America / Lisa D. Pearce, Claire Chipman Gilliland.
ISBN
9780520968929
Publication
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (208 p.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Written in an engaging and accessible tone, Religion in America probes the dynamics of recent American religious beliefs and behaviors. Charting trends over time using demographic data, this book examines how patterns of religious affiliation, service attendance, and prayer vary by race and ethnicity, social class, and gender. The authors identify demographic processes such as birth, death, and migration, as well as changes in education, employment, and families, as central to why some individuals and congregations experience change in religious practices and beliefs while others hold steady. Religion in America challenges students to examine the demographic data alongside everyday accounts of how religion is experienced differently across social groups to better understand the role that religion plays in the lives of Americans today and how that is changing.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Series
Sociology in the Twenty-First Century ; 6
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Figures, Tables, and Text Boxes
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Racial and Ethnic Variation in Religion and Its Trends
2. Complex Religion in America
3. A Demographic Perspective on Religious Change
4. Change in America's Congregations
5. The Long Arm of Religion in America
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
