Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Harvard University 1991
  • M.Div., Harvard University 1985
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • OCT 19, 2020

    Going to Church? Bring Your Smartphone!

  • SEP 27, 2017

    What I'm Working On: Trends and Changes in American Religion

  • AUG 5, 2016

    The Huffington Post

    Are clergy underpaid? New study reveals rising wages, shorter hours and a diminishing wage gap

  • MAR 21, 2016

    The Daily Mail

    Study finds 18 percent of people 60 and younger attend church

  • MAR 14, 2016

    Deseret News, Religion News Service

    The United States of America: One nation not quite under God

  • MAR 9, 2016

    American Religion Not as Exceptional As We Think

  • FEB 8, 2016

    Duke Research Blog

    Bigger Church Equals Less Engaged Parishioners

  • DEC 30, 2015

    WUNC

    Mark Chaves: ‘Stained-glass ceiling’ for women clergy

  • DEC 14, 2015

    Columbus Dispatch

    Few congregations choose women as pastors

  • DEC 10, 2015

    Christian Today

    Stained-glass ceiling is real, no increase in women leaders in over a decade -- Duke study

  • DEC 9, 2015

    Study: Female Church Leaders Face Stained-Glass Ceiling

  • MAY 13, 2015

    The Huffington Post

    Mark Chaves quoted: The surprising sacred spaces that are moving into your neighborhoods

  • DEC 30, 2014

    Chattanooga Times Free Press

    Survey: Fewer congregations are maintaining traditional choirs

  • DEC 2, 2014

    The Daily Telegraph

    American Atheists launch provocative campaign in religious Deep South

  • SEP 15, 2014

    The Atlantic

    More Americans speak in tongues

  • SEP 12, 2014

    The Huffington Post

    Duke study: Religious acceptance of gays is on the rise
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  Awards & Honors

  • Book Award (for American Religion, Christianity and Culture category). Christianity Today. 2012
  • Distinguished Book Award (for Congregations in America) . American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Section. 2006
  • Outstanding Book Award (for Congregations in America) . Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). 2006
  • Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. 2006
  • Best Article Award for “Does Government Funding Suppress Nonprofits’ Political Activity?” (co-authored with Laura Stephens and Joseph Galaskiewicz).. Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division. 2005
  • Award for Outstanding Article in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly for “Congregations and Social Services: What They Do, How They Do It, and With Whom” (co-authored with William Tsitsos).. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. 2002
  • Distinguished Book Award (for Ordaining Women) . Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. 1999
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • National Survey of Religious Leaders awarded by John Templeton Foundation 2018 - 2022
  • Supporting the Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study awarded by Louisville Institute 2018 - 2019
  • Supporting the Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study awarded by Pew Research Center 2017 - 2019
  • Wave IV of the National Congregations Study awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. 2016 - 2019
  • National Congregations Study and Clergy Compensation Dissemination awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. 2013 - 2017
  • Wave III of the National Congregations Study awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. 2011 - 2014
  • Congregational Decision-Making about Clergy Compensation awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. 2010 - 2014
  • A Proposal to Enhance the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study awarded by Louisville Institute 2012 - 2013
  • National Congregational Study-Wave III awarded by Pew Research Center 2011 - 2013
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Chaves, M. American Religion: Contemporary Trends (2nd ed.), 2017.
    • Chaves, M. American religion: Contemporary trends, 2011.
    • Chaves, M. Congregations in America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
    • Chaves, M. . Edited by M. Chaves and S. L. Miller. Alta Mira Press (Sage Publications), 1999.
    • Chaves, M. Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.

  • Academic Articles

    • Beyerlein, K., and M. Chaves. “The Political Mobilization of America's Congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 663–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12680.
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    • Chaves, M., M. Hawkins, A. Holleman, and J. Roso. “Introducing the Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 646–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12684.
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    • Dougherty, K. D., M. Chaves, and M. O. Emerson. “Racial Diversity in U.S. Congregations, 1998–2019.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 651–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12681.
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    • Roso, J., A. Holleman, and M. Chaves. “Changing Worship Practices in American Congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 675–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12682.
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    • Stolz, Jörg, and Mark Chaves. “Does disestablishment lead to religious vitality? The case of Switzerland.” The British Journal of Sociology 69, no. 2 (June 2018): 412–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12268.
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    • Voas, D., and M. Chaves. “Even intense religiosity is declining in the United States.” Sociological Science 5 (January 1, 2018): 694–710. https://doi.org/10.15195/V5.A29.
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    • Schleifer, C., and M. Chaves. “Family Formation and Religious Service Attendance: Untangling Marital and Parental Effects.” Sociological Methods and Research 46, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 125–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124114526376.
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    • Chaves, M., and A. J. Eagle. “Congregations and social services: An update from the third wave of the national congregations study.” Religions 7, no. 5 (May 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel7050055.
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    • Schleifer, C., and M. Chaves. “The Price of the Calling: Exploring Clergy Compensation Using Current Population Survey Data.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 55, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 130–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12254.
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    • Voas, D., and M. Chaves. “Is the United States a counterexample to the secularization thesis?” American Journal of Sociology 121, no. 5 (March 1, 2016): 1517–56. https://doi.org/10.1086/684202.
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    • Chaves, M., and S. L. Anderson. “Changing American Congregations: Findings from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 676–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12151.
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    • Monnot, Christophe, ed. “Postface: les Communaut�s Religieuses Am�ricaines,” 2013.
    • Frenk, Steven M., and Mark Chaves. “Proportion of US congregations that have people living with HIV.” Journal of Religion and Health 51, no. 2 (June 2012): 371–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9379-y.
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    • Frenk, S. M., S. L. Anderson, M. Chaves, and N. Martin. “Assessing the validity of key informant reports about congregations' social composition.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 72, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 78–90. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srq064.
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    • Chaves, M., and B. Wineburg. “Did the faith-based initiative change congregations?” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 39, no. 2 (April 1, 2010): 343–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764009333955.
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    • Chaves, M. “SSSR presidential address rain dances in the dry season: Overcoming the religious congruence fallacy.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01489.x.
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    • Mark Chaves, M. “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Christian Century 127, no. 11 (2010): 22.
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    • Chaves, M., and D. Garland. “The prevalence of clergy sexual advances toward adults in their congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48, no. 4 (December 1, 2009): 817–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01482.x.
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    • Chaves, M. “Congregational snapshot: four church trends.” Christian Century 126, no. 7 (April 7, 2009): 28–31.
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    • Eellison, C. G., N. M. Krause, B. C. Shepherd, and M. A. Chaves. “Size, conflict, and opportunities for interaction: Congregational effects on members' anticipated support and negative interaction.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48, no. 1 (March 20, 2009): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01426.x.
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    • Ellison, Christopher, Neal Krause, Bryan Shepherd, and Mark Chaves. “Congregational Characteristics, Anticipated Support, and Negative Interaction in the Church.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48 (2009): forthcoming-forthcoming.
    • Mark Chaves, Andrew. “Congregational snapshot.” The Christian Century 126, no. 7 (2009): 28.
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    • Anderson, S. L., J. H. Martinez, C. Hoegeman, G. Adler, and M. Chaves. “Dearly departed: How often do congregations close?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 321–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00410.x.
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    • Chaves, M., and S. L. Anderson. “Continuity and change in American Congregations: Introducing the second wave of the national congregations study.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 69, no. 4 (January 1, 2008): 415–40. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/69.4.415.
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    • Presser, S., and M. Chaves. “Is religious service attendance declining?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 46, no. 3 (September 1, 2007): 417–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00367.x.
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    • Chaves, M. “What do congregations do? The significance of Christian congregations to American civic life.” Word & World 27, no. 3 (June 1, 2007): 295–304.
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    • Carroll, Jackson W. “God�s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 46 (2007): 136–37.
    • Chaves, M. “Supersized: analyzing the trend toward larger churches.” Christian Century 123, no. 24 (November 28, 2006): 20–25.
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    • Chaves, M. “2005 H. Paul Douglass lecture: All creatures great and small: Megachurches in context.” Review of Religious Research 47, no. 4 (June 1, 2006): 329–46.
    • Chaves Mark, M. “Response to Graham Reside’s Review of Congregations in America.” Conversations in Religion & Theology 4, no. 1 (2006): 59–64.
    • Chaves, M. “Moral teachings and religious sensibilities.” Society 42, no. 4 (January 1, 2005): 20–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687426.
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    • WILCOX, W B. R. A. D. F. O. R. D., M. A. R. K. CHAVES, and D. A. V. I. D. FRANZ. “Focused on the Family? Religious Traditions, Family Discourse, and Pastoral Practice.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, no. 4 (December 2004): 491–504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00251.x.
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    • Sutton, John R., and Mark Chaves. “Explaining Schism in American Protestant Denominations, 1890-1990.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, no. 2 (June 2004): 171–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00226.x.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and John R. Sutton. “Organizational Consolidation in American Protestant Denominations, 1890-1990.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43, no. 1 (March 2004): 51–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00217.x.
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    • Chaves, M., L. Stephens, and J. Galaskiewicz. “Does government funding suppress nonprofits' political activity?” American Sociological Review 69, no. 2 (January 1, 2004): 292–316. https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240406900207.
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    • Beyerlein, Kraig, and Mark Chaves. “The Political Activities of Religious Congregations in the United States.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42, no. 2 (June 2003): 229–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5906.00175.
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    • Demerath, N. J., M. J. Neitz, R. Wuthnow, M. N. Zald, and M. Chaves. “Progress and cumulation in the sociology of religion: a symposium.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42, no. 1 (March 1, 2003): 1–15.
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    • Chaves, M. “Introduction to the Symposium.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42, no. 1 (2003): 1–2.
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    • Chaves, M. “Religious authority in the modern world.” Society 40, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 38–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-003-1034-8.
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    • Mark Chaves, M. “Debunking Charitable Choice.” Stanford Social Innovation Review 1, no. 2 (2003): 28.
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    • Chaves, M. “Religious Organizations: Data Resources and Research Opportunities.” American Behavioral Scientist 45, no. 10 (2002): 1523–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/000276420204501004.
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    • Chaves, M. “Abiding Faith.” Contexts 2, no. Summer 2002 (2002): 19–26.
    • Chaves, Mark. “Financing American religion.” New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising 2002, no. 35 (2002): 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/pf.3504.
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    • Chaves, M. “Going on faith: six myths about faith-based initiatives.” Christian Century 118, no. 25 (September 12, 2001): 20–23.
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    • Barmen, Emily, and Mark Chaves. “Lessons for Multisite Nonprofits from the United Church of Christ.” Nonprofit Management and Leadership 11, no. 3 (2001): 339–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.11307.
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    • Chaves Mark, W. “Welfare Reform and Religious Congregations: Rhetoric and Reality.” Society 38 (January/February) (2001): 21–27.
    • Chaves, M. “Challenges for the 21st Century.” The Journal of the Interim Ministry Network, 2001 Annual Review, 2001, 27–39.
    • Chaves, M., and P. S. Gorski. “Religious pluralism and religious participation.” Annual Review of Sociology 27 (January 1, 2001): 261–81. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.261.
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    • Chaves, M., and W. Tsitsos. “Congregations and social services: What they do, how they do it, and with whom.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 30, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 660–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764001304003.
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    • Konieczny, M. E., and M. Chaves. “Resources, race, and female-headed congregations in the United States.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39, no. 3 (September 1, 2000).
    • Chaves, M., and W. Tsitsos. “Are congregations constrained by government? empirical results from the National Congregations Study.” Journal of Church and State 42, no. 2 (March 1, 2000): 335–44.
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    • Putnam, Robert D. “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.” Christian Century July 19-26, 2000 (2000): 754–56.
    • Chaves, M. “Religious congregations and welfare reform: Who will take advantage of "charitable choice"?” American Sociological Review 64, no. 6 (January 1, 1999): 836–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/2657405.
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    • Chaves, M., M. E. Konieczny, K. Beyerlein, and E. Barman. “The National Congregations Study: Background, methods, and selected results.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 38, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 458–76. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387606.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “Reviews.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 27, no. 1 (March 1998): 95–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764098271009.
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    • Hadaway, C. K., P. L. Marler, and M. Chaves. “Overreporting Church Attendance in America: Evidence That Demands the Same Verdict.” American Sociological Review 63, no. 1 (1998): 122–30.
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    • Tropman, John E. “The Catholic Ethic in American Society: An Exploration of Values.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 27 (1998): 95–98.
    • Wolfe, Alan. “One Nation, After All. What Middle-Class Americans Really Think About: God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left, and Each Other.” Religion & Values in Public Life 7 (1998): 1–2.
    • Chaves, Mark. “Book ReviewsResurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change since 1970. By Mark A. Shibley. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996. Pp. x+156. $24.95.” American Journal of Sociology 103, no. 2 (September 1997): 468–70. https://doi.org/10.1086/231217.
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    • Chaves, M. “Secularization: A Luhmannian Reflection.” Soziale Systeme 3, no. 2 (1997): 439–49.
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    • Chaves, M. “The symbolic significance of women's ordination.” Journal of Religion 77, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 87–114. https://doi.org/10.1086/489917.
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    • Chaves, M., and J. Cavendish. “Recent changes in women's ordination conflicts: The effect of a social movement on intraorganizational controversy.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 36, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 574–84. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387691.
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    • Chaves, M. “Ordaining women: The diffusion of an organizational innovation.” American Journal of Sociology 101, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 840–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/230782.
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    • Chaves, M., and J. D. Montgomery. “Rationality and the framing of religious choices.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 35, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 128–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/1387080.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Ordaining Women: The Diffusion of an Organizational Innovation.” American Sociological Association, 1995.
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    • Chaves, M. “On the Rational Choice Approach to Religion.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34, no. 1 (1995): 98–104.
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    • Kniss, F., and M. Chaves. “Analyzing Intradenominational Conflict: New Directions.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34, no. 2 (1995): 172–85.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Review of Beyond Establishment: Protestant Identity in a Post-Protestant Age.” Edited by Jackson Carroll and Wade Clark Roof. Contemporary Sociology 23 (1994): 438–39.
    • Chaves, M. “Secularization as declining religious authority.” Social Forces 72, no. 3 (January 1, 1994): 749–74. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/72.3.749.
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    • Chaves, M., P. J. Schraeder, and M. Sprindys. “State Regulation of Religion and Muslim Religious Vitality in the Industrialized West.” The Journal of Politics 56, no. 4 (January 1, 1994): 1087–97. https://doi.org/10.2307/2132075.
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    • Chaves, M., and J. C. Cavendish. “More Evidence on U.S. Catholic Church Attendance.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 33, no. 4 (1994): 376–81.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “Intraorganizational Power and Internal Secularization in Protestant Denominations.” American Journal of Sociology 99, no. 1 (July 1993): 1–48. https://doi.org/10.1086/230228.
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    • Chaves, M. “Denominations as Dual Structures: An Organizational Analysis.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 54, no. 2 (January 1, 1993): 147–69. https://doi.org/10.2307/3712137.
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    • Hadaway, C. K., P. L. Marler, and M. Chaves. “What the Polls Don't Show: A Closer Look at U.S. Church Attendance.” American Sociological Association, 1993.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and Lynn M. Higgins. “Comparing the Community Involvement of Black and White Congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 31, no. 4 (December 1992): 425–425. https://doi.org/10.2307/1386854.
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    • Chaves, M., and D. E. Cann. “Reply to Boudon and Tong.” Rationality and Society 4, no. 4 (January 1, 1992): 476–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463192004004010.
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    • Chaves, M., and D. E. Cann. “Regulation, Pluralism, and Religious Market Structure:Explaining Religion's Vitality.” Rationality and Society 4, no. 3 (January 1, 1992): 272–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463192004003003.
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    • Chaves, M. “Family Structure and Protestant Church Attendance: The Sociological Basis of Cohort and Age Effects.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 30, no. 4 (1991): 501–14.
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    • Chaves, M. “Segmentation in a religious labor market.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 52, no. 2 (January 1, 1991): 143–58. https://doi.org/10.2307/3710960.
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    • Chaves, M. “Holding the Cohort: Reply to Hout and Greeley.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 29, no. 4 (1990): 525–30.
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    • Chaves, M. “Secularization and Religious Revival: Evidence from U.S. Church Attendance Rates, 1972-1986.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 28, no. 4 (1989): 464–77.
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    • Chaves, M. “In the Meantime... (Response to Ploch).” Sociological Analysis 49, no. 3 (1988): 304–5.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “The Changing Career Tracks of Elite Disciples Professionals.” William B. Eerdmans, 1880, 343–58.

  • Book Sections

    • Chaves, M. “Congregations in Europe and the United States: Surprising similarities and common priorities for future research.” In Congregations in Europe, 209–19, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77261-5_12.
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    • Chaves, M. “Serendipity in the study of religion and society.” In Studying Religion and Society: Sociological Self-Portraits, 105–15, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075685.
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    • Chaves, M., and S. Anderson. “Continuity and change in American religion, 1972-2008.” In Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972, 212–39, 2012.
    • Chaves, M. “The Women that Publish the Tidings: The International Association of Women Ministers.” In Women in Twentieth Century Protestantism, 257–75. Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012.
    • Chaves, M. “Religious Congregations.” In The State of Nonprofit America, Second Edition, 362–93. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
    • Chaves, M. “Congregations' Significance to American Civic Life.” In The Civic Life of American Religion, 69–81. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.
    • Chaves, M. “Congregations' significance to American civic life.” In Civic Life of American Religion, 69–81. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Univ Pr, 2009.
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    • Barman, E., and M. Chaves. “Strategy and Restructure in the United Church of Christ.” In Church, Identity, and Change, 446–92. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005.
    • Chaves, M., and L. Stephens. “Church Attendance in the United States.” In Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, 85–95. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
    • Chaves, M. “The women that publish the tidings: the International Association of Women Ministers.” In Women and Twentieth-Century Protestantism, 257–75. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
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    • Chaves, M. “Religious Congregations.” In The State of America’s Nonprofit Sector, 275–98. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002.
    • Chaves, M., H. Giesel, and W. Tsitos. “Religious Variations in Public Presence: Evidence from the National Congregations Study.” In The Quiet Hand of God: Faith Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism, 108–28. Berkely: University of California Press, 2002.
    • Chaves, M. “Religious congregations and welfare reform: assessing the potential.” In Can Charitable Choice Work?, 121–39. Hartford, Conn: Trinity College, 2001.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “Testing the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?” edited by EJ Dionne Jr and Ming Hsu Chen, 287–96. Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
    • Foley, M. W., J. D. McCarthy, and M. Chaves. “Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities,” 215–45, 2001.
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    • Foley, M., J. McCarthy, and M. Chaves. “Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities.” In Social Capital and Poor Communities, 215–45. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2001.
    • Chaves, M. “The Religious Ethic and the Spirit of Nonprofit Entreneurship.” In Private Action and the Public Good, 47–65. Yale University Press, 1998.

  • Other Articles

    • Chaves, M. A. “Faith Futures: An Interview with Mark Chaves.” Reflections (Yale Divinity School Magazine), 2011.
    • Chaves, Mark. “American Religion Infographics.” Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, Duke Divinity School, 2010.
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    • CHAVES, M. A. R. K. “GOD'S POTTERS: PASTORAL LEADERSHIP AND THE SHAPING OF CONGREGATIONS By Jackson W. Carroll.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Wiley, March 2007. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00345_3.x.
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    • Chaves, M. “God's potters: pastoral leadership and the shaping of congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March 1, 2007.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Award for Outstanding Article in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly,” 2002.
    • Chaves, Mark, Helen Giesel, and William Tsitsos. “Religious Variations in Public Presence: Evidence from the National Congregations Study.” Edited by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans. University of California Press, 2002.
    • Chaves, M. “Faith-Based Fallacies: Bush's Initiative Overlooks the Realities of Church Charity in America,” 2001.
    • Chaves, Mark, Ram A. Cnaan, Robert J. Wineburg, and Stephanie Boddie. “The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership.” Sociology of Religion. Oxford University Press (OUP), 2001. https://doi.org/10.2307/3712235.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “Assessing the Assumptions Behind the Charitable Choice Initiative,” 2001.
    • Chaves, Mark. “How Do We Worship.” A Report From the National Congregations Study. Alban Institute Press, 1999.
    • Mark Chaves, M. “American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving.” The Christian Century. Chicago: Christian Century Foundation, 1999.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and Paula D. Nesbitt. “Feminization of the Clergy in America: Occupational and Organizational Perspectives.” Contemporary Sociology. SAGE Publications, September 1998. https://doi.org/10.2307/2654496.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “The Religious Ethic and the Spirit of Nonprofit Entrepreneurship.” Edited by Walter W. Powell and Elisabeth Clemens. Yale University Press, 1998.
    • Chaves, M. “Religious institutions and women's leadership: New roles inside the mainstream - Wessinger,C.” Journal of Religion, October 1997. https://doi.org/10.1086/490077.
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    • Chaves, Mark. “Religious Institutions and Women's Leadership: New Roles inside the Mainstream. Catherine Wessinger.” The Journal of Religion. University of Chicago Press, October 1997. https://doi.org/10.1086/490077.
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    • Chaves, M. “Jews on the Move: Implications for Jewish Identity.” Contemporary Sociology. Washington: American Sociological Association, 1997.
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    • Chaves, M. “Resurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change Since 1970.” The American Journal of Sociology. The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
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    • CHAVES, M. “THE SOCIAL-CONTROL OF RELIGIOUS ZEAL - A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRADICTIONS - MILLER,J.” Sociological Inquiry, 1995.
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    • Chaves, M. “Book reviews -- Public Religions in the Modern World by Jose Casanova.” Social Forces. Chapel Hill: Oxford University Press, UK, 1995.
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    • Chaves, M. “Book reviews -- The Social Control of Religious Zeal: A Study of Organizational Contradictions by Jon Miller.” Sociological Inquiry, 1995.
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    • Chaves, M. “Public Religions in the Modern World.” Social Forces. University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
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    • Chaves, M. “Full Pews and Empty Altars: Demographics of the Priest Shortage in United States Catholic Dioceses.” Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association, 1994.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and Paul Boyer. “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture.” Contemporary Sociology. SAGE Publications, September 1993. https://doi.org/10.2307/2074594.
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    • Chaves, Mark A., and Joseph B. Tamney. “The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. JSTOR, March 1993. https://doi.org/10.2307/1386923.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church.” Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, 1993.
    • Chaves, M. A. “"The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World". By Joseph B. Tamney (Book Review).” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Book reviews -- The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World by Joseph B. Tamney.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America: Religion and Political Culture.” Sociology of Religion. Oxford University Press, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “Book reviews -- The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America: Religion and Political Culture by Phillip E. Hammond.” Sociology of Religion, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “Religion -- When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture by Paul Boyer.” Contemporary Sociology. Washington: American Sociological Association, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “Paul Boyer "When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture" (Book Review).” Contemporary Sociology, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “Phillip E. Hammond. "The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America: Religion and Political Culture" (Book Review).” Sociology of Religion, 1993.
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    • Chaves, M. “Modern American Religion. Volume Two: The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941.” Sociological Analysis. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and Lynn M. Higgins. “Comparing the Community Involvement of Black and White Congregations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1992.
    • Chaves, Mark, and Martin E. Marty. “Modern American Religion. Volume Two: The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941.” Sociological Analysis. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1992. https://doi.org/10.2307/3711633.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and M Herbert Danzger. “Returning to Tradition: The Contemporary Revival of Orthodox Judaism.” Sociological Analysis. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1990. https://doi.org/10.2307/3711348.
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    • Chaves, M. “Research Methods for Elite Studies.” Qualitative Sociology, 1989.
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  • Book Reviews

    • Chaves, M. A. “God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations, by Jackson W. Carroll.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Wiley: 24 months, 2007.
    • Chaves, M. A. “The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership, by Ram A. Cnaan, with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie.” Sociology of Religion, 2001.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam.” Christian Century, 2000.
    • Chaves, M. A. “American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving, by Christian Smith, with others.” Christian Century (Chicago, Ill. : 1902), February 24, 1999.
    • Chaves, M. A. “One Nation, After All. What Middle-Class Americans Really Think About: God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left, and Each Other, by Alan Wolfe.” Religion & Values in Public Life, 1998.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Feminization of the Clergy in America: Occupational and Organizational Perspectives, by Paula Nesbitt.” Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association, 1998.
    • Chaves, M. A. “The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America, by Mary J. Oates, and The Catholic Ethic in American Society: An Exploration of Values, by John E. Tropman.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. SAGE Publications (UK and US), 1998.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Resurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change Since 1970, by Mark A. Shibley.” American Journal of Sociology. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Religious Institutions and Women’s Leadership: New Roles Inside the Mainstream, edited by Catherine Wessinger.” Journal of Religion. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
    • Chaves, Mark, Sidney Goldstein, and Alice Goldstein. “Jews on the Move: Implications for Jewish Identity.” Contemporary Sociology. SAGE Publications, January 1997. https://doi.org/10.2307/2076608.
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    • Chaves, Mark, and Jose Casanova. “Public Religions in the Modern World.” Social Forces. Oxford University Press (OUP), March 1995. https://doi.org/10.2307/2580619.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “The Social Control of Religious Zeal: A Study of Organizational Contradictions, by Jon Miller.” Sociological Inquiry. Wiley: 24 months, 1995.
    • Chaves, Mark, Richard A. Schoenherr, and Lawrence A. Young. “Full Pews and Empty Altars: Demographics of the Priest Shortage in United States Catholic Dioceses.” Contemporary Sociology. SAGE Publications, September 1994. https://doi.org/10.2307/2074325.
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    • Chaves, M. A. “Beyond Establishment: Protestant Identity in a Post-Protestant Age, edited by Jackson Carroll and Wade Clark Roof.” Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association, 1994.
    • Chaves, M. A. “The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America: Religion and Political Culture, by Phillip E. Hammond.” The Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review, 1993.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church, by Samuel G. Freedman.” Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, 1993.
    • Chaves, M. A. “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture, by Paul Boyer.” Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association, 1993.
    • Chaves, M. A. “The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World, by Joseph B. Tamney.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Wiley: 24 months, 1993.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Modern American Religion (v. 2): The Noise of Conflict, 1919-1941, by Martin E. Marty.” Sa. Sociological Analysis, 1992.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Returning to Tradition: The Contemporary Revival of Orthodox Judaism, by M. Herbert Danzger.” Sa. Sociological Analysis, 1990.
    • Chaves, M. A. “Research Methods for Elite Studies, edited by George Moyser and Margaret Wagstaffe.” Qualitative Sociology. Springer Verlag (Germany), 1989.

  • Reports

    • Chaves, M. A., and A. Eagle. “Clergy Compensation: National Trends and Local Realities.” Durham: Duke University, Department of Sociology, 2016.
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    • Chaves, M. A., and A. Eagle. “Clergy Compensation: National Trends and Local Realities.” Duke University, Department of Sociology, 2016.
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    • Chaves, M., S. Anderson, and J. Byassee. “American Congregations at the Beginning of the 21st Century: A Report from the National Congregations Study.” Department of Sociology: Duke University, 2008.
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    • Chaves, M. “Congregations' Social Service Activities.” Charting Civil Society. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 1999.
    • Chaves, M. “How Do We Worship? A Report from the National Congregation Study.” Washington, DC: Alban Institute Press, 1999.
    • Chaves, M. “Secular Ties of Elite Religious Professionals from 1912-1982.” Working Paper Series. Harvard University: Center for Research on Politics and Social Organization, 1988.

  • Conference Papers

    • Chaves, M. A. “Congregations and Community: Are Local Religious Institutions at the Center of the American Civil Society.” In Invited Lecture, Symposium on Civil Society, Civic Engagement, and Catholicism in the U.S., Friedrich Schiller Universit�T, Jena, Germany, May., 2006.
    • Chaves, M., J. P. N. Massad, and R. Williams. “Are Priests Employees? The State, Professional Networks, and Change in Religious Organizations.” In American Sociological Association, 1997.
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    • Kniss, F., and M. Chaves. “Intradenominational Conflict: A Social Movements Perspective.” In American Sociological Association, 1992.
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  • Theses and Dissertations

    • Chaves, M. A. “Secularization in the Twentieth Century United States,” 1992.
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  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . The Role of Catholic Campus Religious Ministries in the Formation of Young Adults . August 2017 - May 2018  2017 - 2018
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