Overviews


Wave IV

Overview Report

Congregations in 21st Century America

Mark Chaves, Joseph Roso, Anna Holleman, and Mary Hawkins. 2021. Durham, NC: Department of Sociology, Duke University.


Introductory Article 

Introducing the Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study

Mark Chaves, Mary Hawkins, Anna Holleman, and Joseph Roso. 2020. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59(4): 646-650.

 

Wave III

Overview Report

Religious Congregations in 21st Century America

Mark Chaves and Alison Eagle. November 2015. Durham, NC: Department of Sociology, Duke University.


Introductory Article 

Changing American Congregations: Findings from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study

Mark Chaves and Shawna Anderson. 2014. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53(4):676-86.

 

Wave II

NCSII Report: Cover

Overview Report

American Congregations at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Mark Chaves, Shawna Anderson, and Jason Byassee. June 2009. Durham, NC: Department of Sociology, Duke University.


Introductory Article

Continuity and Change in American Congregations: Introducing the Second Wave of the National Congregations Study

Mark Chaves and Shawna Anderson. 2008. Sociology of Religion 69(4):415–40. 

 

Wave I

Book Cover: Congregations In America

Overview Book

Congregations in America

Mark Chaves. 2004. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.


Introductory Article

The National Congregations Study: Background, Methods, and Selected Results

Mark Chaves, Mary Ellen Konieczny, Kraig Beyerlein, and Emily Barman. 1999. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 38(4):458–76.