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050 00 BL2525|b.S725 2008 
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100 1  Stark, Rodney. 
245 10 What Americans really believe :|bnew findings from the 
       Baylor surveys of religion /|cRodney Stark with 
       Christopher Bader .. [and others].. 
264  1 Waco, Tex. :|bBaylor University Press,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    vii, 209 pages ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208). 
505 00 |tIntroduction : the stability and diversity of American 
       faith --|tCongregations.|tChurch-going : labels matter ;
       |tChurch growth : competing for members ;|tStrict churches
       : the reasons for their popularity ;|tThe "scattered" 
       church : traditional congregations are not going away ;
       |tMegachurches : supersizing the faith --|tBeliefs and 
       practices.|tReligious experiences : God told me to go to 
       church ;|tGender : women believe more, pray more ;|tHeaven
       : we are all going ;|tGod : love, anger, and commitment ;
       |tEvil : did sin cause the hurricane? ;|tSpirituality : 
       religion and spirituality are not mutually exclusive ;
       |tGiving : the rich, the poor, and the widow's mite ;
       |tPersonality : are we hardwired for God? --|tAtheism and 
       irreligion.|tAtheism : the godless revolution that never 
       happened ;|tCredulity : who believes in Bigfoot? ;|tNew 
       Age adherents : well-educated, formerly irreligious elites
       ;|tThe irreligious : simply unchurched, not atheists --
       |tThe public square.|tFaith and politics : is there a 
       secret plot of evangelicals to take over the American 
       government? ;|tMerry Christmas, Jesus : it's okay to put 
       sacred symbols in public space ;|tIncivility : talking 
       about faith in public ;|tReligious-media consumption : the
       Da Vinci code effect ;|tCivil participation : faith as 
       social capital ;|tGoing to college, getting a job : what 
       happens when mom and dad take their kids to church --
       |tEpilogue : Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) at 
       Baylor. 
651  0 United States|xReligion|y1960- 
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