How Many Congregations Are There? Updating a Survey-Based Estimate.

Researchers have attempted to estimate the number of congregations in the United States using counts provided by denominations, existing media (newspapers, phone books, websites, etc.), and calculations using congregational surveys. Hadaway and Marler (2005) took the third approach, basing their est...

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Publicado en:Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 438 - 449
Autor principal: Brauer, Simon G.
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Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jun2017
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