Item Detail
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32194
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2
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10
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English
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The Consequential Dimension of Mormon Religiosity
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Latter-day Saint Social Life : Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Bookcraft
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253-292
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"Does being a Latter-day Saint make any difference? What are the consequences of membership in the Church and living its standards? This essay, which was originally presented as the BYU Distinguished Faculty Lecture, presents a series of studies that demonstrate the consequences of religion in the lives of Latter-day Saints. The author first discusses the substantial growth in the membership of the LDS Church. While high commitment is common among Latter-day Saints, disengagement (or inactivity) from the Church is also common and occurs most frequently during the teens or early twenties. Most LDS people come back into activity, often in their middle twenties or thirties. Disaffiliation results among a small minority of Mormons who join a different church. The author discusses the influence of religiosity on Mormon family life, including the percent who marry, the percent of married persons who are divorced, and the number of children ever born. Finally, he considers the tendency of well-educated LDS people to be more religious than less-educated Mormons." [Abstract from Article]
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Future Prospects for Religion and Family Studies : The Mormon Case
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Religious Leave-taking : Disengagement and Disaffiliation among Mormons
Saints, Cities, and Secularism : Religious Attitudes and Behavior of Modern Urban Mormons
Secularization, Higher Education, and Religiosity
Strangers Once More : Patterns of Disaffiliation from Mormonism
The Making of British Saints in Historical Perspective
The Religion and Family Connection : Social Science Perspectives
The Rise of a New World Faith