Church Involvement and the Comfort Thesis in Alberta

Glock, Ringer, and Babbie have argued that people who become involved in church are seeking a comfortable refuge from the deprivations associated with being old, female, unmarried, or having a small income or little education. The present research tests this thesis using data from a provincewide sam...

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Main Author: Hobart, Charles W. 1926-2011 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1974]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1974, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 463-470
Further subjects:B Lutheranism
B Older Adults
B Anglicanism
B Catholicism
B Sectarianism
B Church Attendance
B Composite indices
B Cults
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