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Mark Chaves, Professor of Sociology, Religion, and Divinity
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Mark Chaves
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Short Description of Research
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Professor of Sociology, Religion, and Divinity
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248 Soc/Psych Bldg |
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919-660-5783 |
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919-660-5623 |
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sociology of religion,
sociology of organizations
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| Professor Chaves specializes in the sociology of religion. Most of his research is on the social organization of religion in the United States. Among other projects, he directs the National Congregations Study (NCS), a wide-ranging survey of a nationally representative sample of religious congregations. Results from the 1998 NCS have helped us to better understand many aspects of congregational life in the United States. Data collection for Wave II of the NCS recently has been completed. He also has studied conflicts over women's ordination, and he currently is examining recent trends in religious belief and practice in the the United States.
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Selected Publications/Recent
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- Chaves, Mark, Congregations in America (2004), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Chaves, Mark, Ordaining Women: Culture and Conflict in Religious Organizations (1997), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Chaves, Mark, All Creatures Great and Small: Megachurches in Context.,
Review of Religious Research, vol. 47
(2006),
pp. 329-346.
- Chaves, Mark, Laura Stephens, and Joseph Galaskiewicz, Does Government Funding Suppress Nonprofits’ Political Activities?,
American Sociological Review, vol. 69 (2004),
pp. 292-316.
- Chaves, Mark, Debunking Charitable Choice: The Evidence Doesn’t Support the Political Left or Right,
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 1 no. 2 (Summer 2003),
pp. 28-36.
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Course Descriptions
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In the coming semesters, Professor Chaves will teach undergraduate and
graduate courses on the sociology of religion and the social organization
of American religion. In Spring 2008 he will teach Sociology 151/Religion
161r, "Sociology of Religion." |
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Sociology
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