Newcomers and Collective Confidence in Protestant Churches: A Longitudinal Study from 2001 to 2011

This large longitudinal study examines the predictive relationships between collective confidence in church groups, and attracting newcomers to church who do not have a church background. Collective confidence is defined as an underlying group construct which reflects growth in faith through church,...

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Authors: Sterland, Sam (Author) ; Powell, Ruth (Author) ; Hancock, Nicole (Author) ; Pepper, Miriam (Author) ; Dowson, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 29, Pages: 231-252
Further subjects:B Religious sociology
B Social sciences
B Religionspsycholigie
B Allgemein
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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