Religious Seekers’ Attraction to the Plain Mennonites and AmishReview of Religious Research - Tập 58 Số 1 - Trang 125-147 - 2016
Cory Anderson
For all the liberties granted Westerners, a small stream of seekers is looking into the seemingly austere plain Anabaptist sects (Amish, Mennonites, etc.). What are they seeking? Using theories of modernity, secularization, and gender as guides, this study analyzes survey data from a web-based convenience sample of 1074 seekers. Females, young adults, and evangelicals are overrepresented....... hiện toàn bộ
Ethnic Churches as an Important Space of Co-ethnic Resources for Immigrant EntrepreneursReview of Religious Research - Tập 61 - Trang 135-156 - 2019
Guangyu Tong
This paper provides new evidence that religious organizations with high co-ethnicity can be a space utilized by immigrant entrepreneurs for ethnic resources, especially for those with limited familial resources. Although a number of qualitative studies have previously identified the resource attainment through ethnic churches among immigrant entrepreneurs, such evidence is limited in quantitative ...... hiện toàn bộ
Religious Organizations and Homosexuality: The Acceptance of Gays and Lesbians in American CongregationsReview of Religious Research - Tập 55 - Trang 297-317 - 2012
Andrew L. Whitehead
The participation of gays and lesbians in all aspects of society is continually disputed in the United States. Religion is one of the key battlegrounds. The extent to which religious congregations include lesbians and gays in congregational life is vital to the wider debate over homosexuality because congregations consistently influence more Americans than any other voluntary social institution re...... hiện toàn bộ
Seventh-day Adventist Clergy: Understanding Stressors and Coping MechanismsReview of Religious Research - Tập 60 - Trang 115-132 - 2017
Annette Heck, Rene Drumm, Duane McBride, David Sedlacek
This article examines the extent and types of clergy stress, the strategies used in coping with stressors, and the relationship between stressors and coping mechanisms in a sample of 261 Seventh-day Adventist pastors in North America. The results indicate that the most commonly reported stressors in order are: (1) lack of social support, (2) financial stress, and (3) time and workload stress. In ...... hiện toàn bộ