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Informationen zum Autor Finke, Roger Klappentext This edition offers research! statistics and stories that document-increased participation in religious groups in the US in the 21st century. New chapters chart the development of African American churches from the early 19th century and the ethnic religious communities of recent immigrants. It revaluates ideas of American religious institutions. Zusammenfassung In this provocative book, Roger Finke and Rodney Stark challenge popular perceptions about American religion. They view the religious environment as a free market economy, where churches compete for souls. The story they tell is one of gains for upstart sects and losses for mainline denominations. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Figures List of Tables Preface to the Second Edition 1. A New Approach to American Religious History 2. The Colonial Era Revisited 3. The Upstart Sects Win America, 1776-1850 4. The Coming of the Catholics, 1850-1926 5. Methodists Transformed, Baptists Triumphant 6. Why Unification Efforts Fail 7. Why "Mainline" Denominations Decline Appendix: Profile Tables, 1776 and 1850 Notes Reference List Index
