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“In this book, the history of American religion is the history of human actions and human organizations, not the history of ideas (refined or otherwise). But this is not to say that we regard theology as unimportant. To the contrary, we shall argue repeatedly that religious organizations can thrive only to the extent that they have a theology that can comfort souls and motivate sacrifice. In a sense, then, we are urging an underlying model of religious history that is the exact opposite of one based on progress through theological refinement. We shall present compelling evidence that theological refinement is the kind of progress that results in organizational bankruptcy.”
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
“evangelical clergy showed growth in giving, attendance, and even membership, for pastors who had served in a congregation three years or longer. But the most dramatic changes were in congregations served by clergy seeking less tension with the culture. Congregations with "officiant" pastors showed sharp drops for all of the measures (Finke and Stark, 2001).”
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
“light of the two centuries of church statistics we have examined, it is obvious that a group can add members and still fail to keep pace with the growth of the population and of other religious firms.
The mainline denominations do not qualify as rockets that suddenly
ran out of fuel in the sixties-their market shares were falling in the forties and fifties too, and throughout the century”
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
The mainline denominations do not qualify as rockets that suddenly
ran out of fuel in the sixties-their market shares were falling in the forties and fifties too, and throughout the century”
― The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy
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