Bringing the Congregations Back in: Religious Markets, Congregational Density, and American Religious Participation

Bringing the Congregations Back in: Religious Markets, Congregational Density, and American Religious Participation

We draw on the organizational ecology tradition to frame the relationship between the religious environment of a community and local religious participation. Prior research linking religious environments to religious participation downplays a key organizational aspect of religion: the congregation....

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Main Authors: Troy Blanchard, Samuel Stroope, Charles Tolbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-09-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
religious participation
organizational ecology
congregational density
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/3/929

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