1. Church Involvement and the Comfort Thesis in Alberta.
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Hobart, Charles W.
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CHURCH ,CHRISTIANITY ,ADULTS ,INCOME ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Glock, Ringer, and Babbie have argued that people who become involved in church are seeking a comfortable refuge from the deprivations associated with being old, female, unmarried, or having a small income or little education. The present research tests this thesis using data from a province wide sample of adults in Alberta. No support for the thesis is found among any denominational grouping. When the thesis is broken down into its component hypotheses, however, the pattern of relationships that emerges is one that has long been familiar to sociologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1974
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