The Zeal of the Convert Revisited

Social scientists have long been interested in the effects of conversion on religiosity. Drawing on data from the 2014 Pew Religious Landscape Survey, I revisit the zeal of the convert thesis by comparing the religiosity of both converts and cradle members within the main American religious traditio...

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Main Author: Beider, Nadia 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Conversion (Religion) / Religious identity / Convert / Religious commitment
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B identity change
B religious switching
B denominational switching
B Conversion
B Religiosity
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