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.
The Role Race Plays: Racial Differences in Social Service Provision and Political Activism among Black and White Religious Congregations
Brown, Khari. 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Racial Differences in Congregation-based Political Activism
Brown, Khari. 2006. Social Forces 84(3):1581–1604.
Congregational Size and Attitudes towards Racial Inequality among Church Attendees in America
Cobb, Ryon J., Kevin D. Dougherty, Jerry Z. Park and Samuel L. Perry. 2015. Religions 6(3):781–93.
United by Faith? Race/Ethnicity, Congregational Diversity, and Explanations of Racial Inequality
Cobb, Ryon J., Samuel L. Perry and Kevin D. Dougherty. 2015. Sociology of Religion 76(2):177–98.
Congregational Composition and Explanations for Racial Inequality among Black Religious Affiliates
Cobb, Ryon J., Dilara K. Üsküp, and Steven T. Jefferson. 2017. Race and Social Problems 9(2):163-169.
The Black Church Is Alive: Exploring Factors that Keep the Black Church Central to Black American Activism
Cole, Kiga. 2022. Master’s Thesis, Department of Sociology, California State University, Sacramento.
Racially Diverse Congregations: Organizational Identity and the Accommodation of Differences
Dougherty, Kevin D. and Kimberly R. Huyser. 2008. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47(1):23–43.
Racial Diversity in U.S. Congregations, 1998-2019
Dougherty, Kevin D., Mark Chaves and Michael O. Emerson. 2020. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59(4): 651-662.
The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches
Edwards, Korie L. 2008. New York: Oxford University Press.
Race, Religious Organizations, and Integration
Edwards, Korie L., Brad Christerson, and Michael O. Emerson. 2013. Annual Review of Sociology 39(1):211–28.
Race, Religion, and Worship: Are Contemporary African-American Worship Practices Distinct?
Edwards, Korie L. 2009. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48(1):30–52.
People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
Emerson, Michael O. with Rodney M. Woo. 2006. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Achieving and Leveraging Diversity Through Faith-Based Organizing
Fulton, Brad R., and Richard L. Wood. 2017. Pp. 29-55 in Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories about Faith and Politics, edited by Ruth Braunstein, Todd Nicholas Fuist, and Rhys H. Williams. New York: New York University Press.
Inequality within Congregations and Congregations’ Response to Inequality: Studies of Gender and Mental Health, Race and Mental Health, and Participation in the Sanctuary Movement
Holleman, Anna. 2021. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Race and Charitable Church Activity
Hungerman, Daniel. 2008. Economic Inquiry 46(3):380– 400.
Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement
Jenkins, Kathleen E. 2003. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42(3):393–409.
Resources, Race, and Female-Headed Congregations in the United States
Konieczny, Mary Ellen and Mark Chaves. 2000. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39(3):261–71.
Can Churches Change a Neighborhood? A Census Tract, Multilevel Analysis of Churches and Neighborhood Change
Kresta, David E. 2019. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Religious Organizations as Racialized Organizations: Loose Coupling and Symbolic Allyship Between Denominational Racial Justice Statements and Congregational Practice
Lauve-Moon, Tim A. 2024. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
Black Church Culture, Social Programs and Faith-Based Policy: Using Organization Theory to Reconcile Rhetoric and Reality
Myers, Valerie L. 2005. African American Research Perspectives 11(1):116–38.
Predictors of HIV/AIDS Programming in African American Churches: Implications for HIV Prevention, Testing, and Care
Stewart, Jennifer, Alexandra Hanlon, and Bridgette M. Brawner. 2016. Health Education & Behavior 44(3):385–393.
African American Congregations, Lay Leadership, and Social Service Activity
Tsitsos, William. 2001. Master’s Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Race Differences in Congregational Social Service Activity
Tsitsos, William. 2003. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42(2):205–15.
The Interaction of Race and Theological Orientation in Congregational Social Service Provision
Tsitsos, William. 2007. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Sources of Care for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: The Role of the African American Church
Wong, Eunice C., Kathryn P. Derose, Paula Litt, and Jeremy N. V. Miles. 2017. Journal of Religion and Health 57:1200-1210.