The Resilience of Conservative Religion: The Case of Popular, Conservative Protestant Congregations

Type

Book

Authors

Joseph B. Tamney

ISBN 10

0521008670

ISBN 13

9780521008679

Tags

Church History, History, Christianity, Sociology

Description

The recent growth and popularity of conservative churches contradicts the idea that late-modern societies have outgrown the need for such relics of the past as traditionalist religions. Joseph Tamney offers an explanation for this apparent incongruity by looking at the case of growing, popular, conservative Protestant congregations in the United States. His findings represent a synthesis of ideas from supporters of secularization theory and from those who stress the competitive market of churches in America as a factor in church growth. - from Amzon

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