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Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Taylor, who affirms the genius of Durkheim but turns him against himself, shows with this triad how the social function of religion adds to the opaqueness of divine action.
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
Majorities commonly promote social norms that advantage themselves over minorities, and in internalizing these biased conventions, even the disadvantaged parties may come to accept them.
W. David Marx • Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Meera Clark • A Religious Realignment
They desire to worship in a community where they feel like they belong.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
A congregation becomes depressed when its identity continues to rest on its resources instead of its relationships.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
true religion flourishes most within the communal framework of a “church.”
Josh Chatraw • Apologetics at the Cross: An Introduction for Christian Witness
Our sense is that DMEs are mainly people who just need a few nudges to come back to church. We have had a number of people in our own lives who have started coming back to church with just a single invitation.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious Convictions (Religion and Social Transformation Book 5)
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