Congregations in America

Mark Chaves

  • Co-Winner 2006 Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section
  • 2006 ARNOVA Outstanding Book Award

Acknowledgments

1. What Do Congregations Do?

2. Members, Money, and Leaders

3. Social Services

4. Civic Engagement and Politics

5. Worship

6. The Arts

7. Culture in Congregations, Congregations in Culture

8. Beyond Congregations

Appendix A: National Congregations Study Methodology

Appendix B: Selected Summary Statistics from the National Congregations Study

Notes

References

Index

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Mark Chaves is Professor of Professor of Sociology, Religion, and Divinity at Duke University.