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Publication Date: 1991
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The Politics of Black Religious Change: Disaffiliation from Black Mainline Denominations.
Sherkat, Darren E.; Ellison, Christopher G.
Social Forces, v70 n2 p431-54 Dec 1991
Analysis of national survey data provides support for a racial and political explanation and generational and network explanations of African-American apostasy and switching away from traditional African-American religious denominations. African-American apostates were more educated, male, single, young, wealthy, non-Southern, and urban than other African Americans. Contains 91 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Activism, Attitude Change, Black Attitudes, Black Community, Black Culture, Blacks, Church Role, Churches, Political Attitudes, Religion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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