All Publications
Publications from the National Congregations Study range from general overviews to writings about specific topics. They are aimed at academic, clergy, and lay audiences. If copyright restrictions prevent your download of an article for which Mark Chaves is one of the authors, please contact us with your request and we will send a copy to you. Also, if you have used NCS data to write something, or if you know of something that has been written using NCS data, please let us know so we can add it to the list of study writings.
Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities
Foley, Michael W., John D. McCarthy and Mark Chaves. 2001. Pp. 215–45 in Social Capital and Poor Communities, edited by Susan Saegert, J. Phillip Thompson and Mark Warren. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.
Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities
Foley, Michael W., John D. McCarthy and Mark Chaves. 2008. Pp. 121–30 in The Community Development Reader, edited by James DeFilippis and Susan Saegert. New York: Routledge.
Bridging and Bonding: How Diverse Networks Influence Organizational Outcomes
Fulton, Brad R. 2015. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Network Ties and Organizational Action: Explaining Variation in Social Service Provision Patterns
Fulton, Brad R. 2016. Management and Organizational Studies 3(3):1-20.
Embracing the Unknown: Exploring Interfaith Dialogue and Collaboration
Holleman, Meagan and Anna Holleman. 2023. Friends Journal, October 2023.
The Social and Symbolic Boundaries of Congregations: An Analysis of Website Links
Scheitle, Christopher P. 2005. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion 1(6):1-21
Examining Patterns of Political, Social Service, and Collaborative Involvement of Religious Congregations: A Latent Class and Transition Analysis
Todd, Nathan R. and Jaclyn D. Houston. 2012. American Journal of Community Psychology 51(3-4):422–38.