Evaluating the Moral Framing of Disaffiliation: Sociological and Pastoral Perspectives on the Rise of the “Nones”

The wave of religious disaffiliation that began in the 1990s in the United States has gone from a concern of pastoral leaders to perhaps the concern of pastoral leaders. This article examines a moral framing of religious disaffiliation—where disaffiliation is seen as a symptom of larger moral strugg...

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Main Author: Hoover, Brett C. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Roman Catholicism in the United States
B moral regulation theory
B pastoral responses to religious disaffiliation
B religious disaffiliation
B moral entrepreneurs
B Social Constructionism
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