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Mark Chaves

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Anne Firor Scott Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Sociology
mac58@duke.edu
2200 West Main Street, Suite 700, Durham, NC 27705
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Scholarly Works - Books

American Religion: Contemporary Trends (2nd ed.)

Book · January 1, 2017 © 2017 by Princeton University Press. Most Americans say they believe in God, and more than a third say they attend religious services every week. Yet studies show that people do not really go to church as often as they claim, and it is not always clear wh ... Cite

Ordaining Women : Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations

Book · 1997 This Vol applies a sociological perspective to a historical, comparative analysis of the practice of female ordination in various US religious denominations, drawing on quantitative event-history analysis of 100 of the largest Christian denominations, supp ... Link to item Cite