Demography, culture, and the decline of America's Christian denominations / by George Hawley, PhD, University of Alabama.

Author: Hawley, George (Political scientist) author.

ImprintLanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

Descriptionxviii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:The state of Christianity in America -- Demographic transition: what we know -- Economic and technological causes of demographic transition -- Cultural causes of demographic transition -- Why people abandon Christianity -- Family patterns and denomination decline -- Diversity, devotion, and politics: other explanations for denomination decline -- Denominational divides in American history and today -- The Roman Catholic Church -- Baptists -- Methodists -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- Lutherans -- Presbyterians -- Episcopalians -- Pentecostals.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.

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