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 Sources of the Spirit: Connecting Rational Choice and Interactive Ritual Theories in the Study of Religion
Baker, Joseph. 2010. Sociology of Religion 71(4):432–56.
The Bible in American Life Today
Goff, Philip, Arthur E. Farnsley II, and Peter J. Thuesen. 2017. Pp. 5—35 in The Bible in American Life, edited by Philip Goff, Arthur E. Farnsley II, and Peter J. Thuesen. New York: Oxford University Press.
Distinctive or Defensive? Measuring Religious Strictness and Testing Effects of Behavioral and Boundary Rules on Organizational Vitality
Martin, Nancy. 2002. Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Orthodoxy Niches: Diversity in Congregational Orthodoxy among Three Protestant Denominations in the United States
Reimer, Sam. 2011. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50(4):763–79.
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.