Entry:

Hammond, Phillip E., The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1992.


Abstract:

Though many argue American mainline religions are losing their hegemony to secularization trends, the amount of time accorded the "sacred" aspects of life may remain constant; the recent rise of alternative religions may be a backlash of the "sacred" though for institutional reasons these movements aren't considered religious.

GSS Years:

1973-1980

Other Data Sets:

Hammond 1988; Gallup 1980-1981

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

OTHER

OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

RELIG16

RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED

DENOM16

DENOMINATION IN WHICH R WAS RAISED

OTH16

OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT