Religion, Race, and Discrimination: A Field Experiment of How American Churches Welcome Newcomers

This article reports the results of a nationwide audit study testing how Christian churches welcome potential newcomers to their churches as a function of newcomers' race and ethnicity. We sent email inquiries to 3,120 churches across the United States. The emails were ostensibly from someone m...

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Authors: Wright, Bradley R. Enter (Author) ; Wallace, Michael 1954- (Author) ; Missari, Stacy (Author) ; Zozula, Christine 1983- (Author)
Contributors: Wisnesky, Annie Scola (Other) ; Donnelly, Christopher M. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-204
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Denomination (Religion) / Protestant Church / Catholic church / Evangelical movement / Newbie / Admission / Ethnicity / Race
RelBib Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
KDA Church denominations
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Discrimination
B Race
B Religion
B Field experiment
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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