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Religious change in America
Abstract
Many observers assume that America is a much less religious nation than it was forty years ago. According to Andrew Greeley, however, this is simply not true. Carefully analyzing surveys conducted over the past half-century, Greeley concludes that rates of church attendance, prayer, church membership, activity in church organizations, belief in life after death, and other measures of religious involvement have remained surprisingly constant.
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 1989-10-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 27-0905-27-0905
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W2007742927
- Cited by
- 241
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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