Sectarian Protestants, Churchly Protestants and Roman Catholics: A Comparison in a Mid-American City
This paper provides a clarification of the sectlikeness and/or churchlikeness of Roman Catholics. Based upon data collected in Springfield, Ohio, Catholics are compared by socioeconomic variables, religious attitudes, and religious behavior to Protestant sect and Protestant church members. Findings...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1973
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Review of religious research
Year: 1973, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 159-168 |
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| Summary: | This paper provides a clarification of the sectlikeness and/or churchlikeness of Roman Catholics. Based upon data collected in Springfield, Ohio, Catholics are compared by socioeconomic variables, religious attitudes, and religious behavior to Protestant sect and Protestant church members. Findings indicate that (1) Catholics by socioeconomic variables are most like Protestant church members; (2) Catholics by traditional religious practices (e.g., attendance and private prayer) are most like Protestant sect members; and (3) Catholics by religious attitudes are most similar to Protestant church members. Implications of this study are that Roman Catholics do not reject their social environment. Rather, the religious attitudes of the Catholics indicate an accommodative and integrative tendency. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510803 |