Why Is There So Much Christianity in the United States? A Reply to Sommerville

If we are going to explain the slow pace of de-Christianization for the United States relative to other industrialized societies in the North Atlantic West, we might well begin with the church-state relationship. The absence of an established church in the United States has enabled religious affilia...

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Main Author: Hollinger, David A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2002
In: Church history
Year: 2002, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 858-864
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