Comparing the RELTRAD and Born-Again/Evangelical Self-Identification Approaches to Measuring American Protestantism

The question of how Protestantism (including evangelicalism) is measured in social science research is of keen importance to those seeking to understand religion in American life. In this article, we compare and contrast two of the leading techniques for classifying Protestants. One of these approac...

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Authors: Smith, Gregory Allen (Author) ; Gecewicz, Claire (Author) ; Hackett, Conrad Peter 1972- (Author) ; Podrebarac Sciupac, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 830-847
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Protestantism / Evangelical movement / Identification / Measurability
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
KDD Protestant Church
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Measurement
B RELTRAD
B Evangelical
B Protestantism
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