Religious Change in America (Social Trends in the United States)
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0674758404 / Publisher: Harvard University Press, May 1989
Based on national surveys, the author analyzes the changes in American religions from 1940 to the present
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Many observers assume that America is a much less religious nation than it was forty years ago. According to Andrew Greeley, however, this is simply not true. Carefully analyzing surveys conducted over the past half-century, Greeley concludes that rates of church attendance, prayer, church membership, activity in church organizations, belief in life after death, and other measures of religious involvement have remained surprisingly constant.
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