RT Article
T1 Organizational Vulnerability in Modern Religious Organizations
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 10
IS 1
SP 27
OP 32
A1 Brannon, Robert C. L.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1971
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1667942441
AB Religious organizations are far more likely to follow than to lead local community values because they are painfully vulnerable as organizations. They are dependent on members' favor for attendance, manpower, and financial support, whereas members participate largely for instrumental return. Clergy are likely to be predisposed to be passive and to be rewarded professionally largely for keeping their congregations satisfied. The national hierarchy has little basis for influencing the locally entrenched congregations.
K1 Catholicism
K1 Church congregations
K1 Churches
K1 Clerics
K1 Communities
K1 Pastors
K1 Protestantism
K1 Religious buildings
K1 Religious Organizations
DO 10.2307/1385315