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The Changing of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy.

Publication: Baptist History and Heritage
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Changing of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The Changing of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. By Roger Finke and Rodney Stark. Second Edition, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. 347 pp.

Conventional wisdom holds that Americans attended church in large numbers at the founding of the country and that those numbers have declined ever since. Roger Finke and Rodney Stark disagree. Citing statistical studies, they seek "to place the history of American religion within a dynamic, interpretive model and to correct some major misconceptions" (23). The authors focus on the development of the larger denominational...

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