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Changing American Congregations: Findings from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study

Mark Chaves and Shawna L. Anderson

A peer-reviewed report of the third wave (2012) of the National Congregations Study, the ongoing nationally representative survey of American religious congregations that Mark Chaves has directed from Duke University since the study's first wave in 1998, with later waves in 2006 to 2007 and 2018 to 2019. The paper and the study behind it document a rising share of nondenominational congregations among the study's national sample, among other changes in American congregational life.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Peer reviewed sociology of religion: the National Congregations Study is a Duke University survey program led by Mark Chaves, published in refereed journals and reporting its own methodology and waves.
Notes
Published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, volume 53, issue 4. Cite for the documented growth of nondenominational congregations in the United States and for the National Congregations Study's wider methodology; the study's cumulative dataset spanning 1998 through 2018 to 2019 is archived through the Association of Religion Data Archives and ICPSR.
Citation
Author
Mark Chaves and Shawna L. Anderson
Publisher
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Publication Year
2014
URL
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jssr.12151
Source Type
peer-reviewed article
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Duke University, Secular Organizations

This source names Duke University directly: "that Mark Chaves has directed from Duke University since the study's first wave in 1998, with later waves in 2006 to 2007 and 2018 to 2019."

Source Changing American Congregations: Findings from the Third Wave of the National Congregations StudyMark Chaves and Shawna L. Anderson
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)

This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Articles, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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