Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Exploratory Study

Analyses of the fundamentalist-modernist controversies and of church-sect typologies suggest that the theological position of religious institutions may be viewed sociologically as an independent variable which is common to both theoretical orientations. A study of sixty-six Protestant churches in a...

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Auteur principal: Moberg, David O. 1922- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [1970]
Dans: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 1970, Volume: 9, Numéro: 1, Pages: 53-58
Sujets non-standardisés:B Baptists
B Conservatism
B Churches
B Protestant Theology
B Typological theology
B Liberalism
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Résumé:Analyses of the fundamentalist-modernist controversies and of church-sect typologies suggest that the theological position of religious institutions may be viewed sociologically as an independent variable which is common to both theoretical orientations. A study of sixty-six Protestant churches in a midwestern American city reveals interesting relationships between self-classified theological position and several institutional characteristics. These data point to the conclusion that theological position is a useful indicator of many important institutional characteristics and may be a key variable for locating religious bodies on the multidimensional church-sect continuum.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1385153