The churching of America, 1776-2005 : winners and losers in our religious economy /

Finke, Roger, 1954-,

The churching of America, 1776-2005 : winners and losers in our religious economy / [print] Roger Finke and Rodney Stark. - second edition. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2005. - xv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.



A new approach to American religious history -- The Colonial era revisited -- The upstart sects win America, 1778-1850 -- The coming of the Catholics, 1850-1926 -- Methodists transformed, Baptists triumphant -- Why unification efforts fail -- Why "mainline" denominations decline.



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Christian sociology--United States.

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