Falling from the faith: causes and consequences of religious apostasy

Abstract

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS DISAFFILIATION Religious Disaffiliation - David G Bromley A Neglected Social Process PART TWO: DISAFFILIATION FROM MAINLINE CHURCHES Apostasy in American Churches - C Kirk Hadaway and Wade Clark Roof Evidence from National Survey Data Another Look at Conversion and Defection in Conservative Churches - Lynn D Nelson and David G Bromley Religious Leave-Taking - Stan L Albrecht, Marie Cornwall and Perry H Cunningham Disengagement and Disaffiliation Among Mormons Why Catholics Drop Out - Dean R Hoge Leaving Catholic Convents - Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh Toward a Theory of Disengagement Disaffiliation, Desacralization and Political Values - Lynn D Nelson PART THREE: DISAFFILIATION FROM ALTERNATIVE RELIGIOUS GROUPS Leaving New Religious Movements - Stuart A Wright Issues, Theory and Research Defection from the Unification Church - Eileen Barker Some Statistics and Distinctions Deprogramming as a Mode of Exit from New Religious Movements - David G Bromley The Case of the Unificationist Movement Between Two Worlds - Susan Rothbaum Issues of Separation and Identity After Leaving a Religious Community The Impact of Apostates on the Trajectory of Religious Movements - John R Hall The Case of Peoples Temple