Subsidizing Religious Participation Through Groups: A Model of the “Megachurch” Strategy for Growth

Either despite or because of their non-traditional approach, megachurches have grown significantly in the United States since 1980. This paper models religious participation as an imperfect public good which, absent intervention, yields suboptimal participation by members from the church’s perspecti...

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Authors: von der Ruhr, Marc (Author) ; Daniels, Joseph P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2012
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2012, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 471-491
Further subjects:B Religious investment
B Z12
B Megachurches
B Subsidy
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