Connected and Fragmented: Introducing a Social Network Study of Religious Congregations

This article introduces a new data collection on the social networks between religious congregations in eight counties encompassing and surrounding a major metropolitan area in the southeastern United States. Participating congregations were asked to mention up to ten other congregations within the...

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Main Author: McClure, Jennifer M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2020]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Pages: 1-33
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Religious community / Contact / Cooperation / Network analysis (Sociology)
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
KBQ North America
KDA Church denominations
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