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.
How Do We Worship? A Report from the National Congregations Study
Chaves, Mark. 1999. Washington, DC: Alban Institute Press.
Are Online Congregations Representative? Exploring Resource and Political Differences
Djupe, Paul A., Claire C. Gilliland, and Shayla F. Olson. 2023. Review of Religious Research 65(1):121-138.
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.
Streamable Services: Affinities for Streaming in Pre-Pandemic Congregational Worship
Roso, Joseph. 2023. Religions 14(5):641-56.
The Churches They Are a Changin’: Processes of Change in Worship Services
Roso, Joseph. 2023. Sociology of Religion 84(2):190-221.
The Uses of Technology in Twenty-First Century Congregational Worship: A Report from the National Congregations Study
Roso, Joseph. 2023. Liturgy 28(4):3-10.
Trends in the Practices and Rhetoric of Religious Organizations and Leaders in 21st Century America
Roso, Joseph. 2023. PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Changing Worship Practices in American Congregations
Roso, Joseph, Anna Holleman and Mark Chaves. 2020. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59(4):675-684.