Lawrence A Young

Biographic Data

ID183101
NAMELawrence A Young
GIVEN NAMESLawrence A
FAMILY NAMEYoung
SIGNATUREYOUNG L A
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS13
WORKS AS AUTHOR15
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Rational Choice Theory and Religion

    Lawrence A YoungEDITORBOOKRational Choice Theory and Religion2016

    Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradigms that promises to foster a greater theoretical unity among the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics and psychology. Applying the theory of rational choice--the theory that each individual will make her choice to maximize gain and minimize cost--to the study of religion, Lawrence Young has brought together a group of inte…

  • Contemporary Mormonism

    Marie Cornwall, T B Heaton et al.ARTICLENova Religio The Journal of…2006

  • Rational Choice Theory and Religion

    R H Williams, Lawrence A YoungARTICLESociology of Religion2000Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment, edited by Lawrence A. Young. New York: Routledge, 1997, xv+187pp. $80.00 (hc), $17.99 (pbk) Get access Rhys H. William Rhys H. William Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 1, Spring 2000, Pages 105–106, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712093 Published: 01 March 2…

  • Assessing and Updating the Schoenherr-Young Projections of Clergy Decline in the United States Roman Catholic Church

    Lawrence A YoungARTICLESociology of Religion1998

    This paper assesses the projections of clergy decline made by Schoenherr and Young in Full pews and empty altars (1993) in light of current population figures collected by the Official Catholic Directory for 1995 (Kenedy 1996). It finds that the “moderate” Schoenherr-Young projections slightly underestimate the number of Catholic priests by less than 1 percent. Taking this as validation of the demographic models used in the projections, this pape…

  • Full Pews and Empty Altars

    Benton Johnson, Richard A Schoenherr et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1997

  • The Angel and the Beehive

    J T Richardson, Armand L Mauss et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996

  • Legislating Social Change in an Islamic Society-Indonesia's Marriage Law

    Mark Cammack, Lawrence A Young et al.ARTICLEThe American Journal of…1996Cited by: 6

  • Contemporary Mormonism

    Don Brodale, Marie Cornwall et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1995

  • Full Pews and Empty Altars

    M Chaves, Richard A Schoenherr et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1994

    The Roman Catholic Church faces a huge loss of diocesan priests in the United States. Constructing a census-registry of 36,000 priests from 1966 to 1984, and using life-table techniques, the authors foretell a dramatic future loss of priests, while predicting a rise in the churchgoing population

  • Full Pews and Empty Altars

    Pierre M Hegy, Pierre Hegy et al.ARTICLESociology of Religion1994

    Journal Article Full Pews and Empty Altars, by Richard A. Schoenherr and Lawrence A. Young. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993, xx + 437 pp. $65; $19.95 (paper) Get access Pierre Hegy Pierre Hegy Adelphi University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 55, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 370–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712067 Published: 01 October 1994

  • The Changing Age Distribution and Theological Attitudes of Catholic Priests Revisited

    Lawrence A Young, Richard A SchoenherrARTICLESociological Analysis1992Cited by: 3

    Hoge et al. (1988) analyze the changing age distribution and theological attitudes of Catholic priests. They conclude that Schoenherr and Sorensen (1982) overestimated the number of older priests in 1985 and incorrectly projected a shift toward conservative attitudes between 1970 and 1985. Based upon newly available data, we conclude that Schoenherr and Sorensen did not overestimate the number of older priests. We also argue that Hoge et al. did …

  • The Conditions of Discretion

    Lawrence A YoungREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1990

  • Quitting the Clergy

    Richard A Schoenherr, Lawrence A YoungARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1990

    As the Catholic Church continues to grow in membership size, its internal political economy suffers sustained loss of clergy manpower. Resignations from the priestly ranks is a major component of the decline. We present here demographic data from priest population registers, created from a random sample of 86 U.S. dioceses, which document high to moderate resignation rates from 1966 through 1984. Further descriptive analysis shows that a typical …

  • Demographic Transitions in Religious Organizations

    Richard A Schoenherr, Lawrence A Young et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1988Cited by: 2

    Our aim is to adapt the theory of the demographic transition to the analysis of social change in religious organizations. Assuming the demographic transition of the clergy to be the driving force for pervasive structural change in the Roman Catholic church, we analyze the component processes of the transition as it unfolds over eight decades and document its consequences for changing the size and age distribution of the clergy population. The dat…

  • Recreational Drugs

    Bezsmertniuk T P, Lawrence A Young et al.ARTICLEFrontiers A Journal of Women…1979

  • An Empirical Assessment of Divorce Law in Indonesia

    Open AccessMark Cammack, Lawrence A Young et al.ARTICLESTUDIA ISLAMIKA1970

    A discussion of the effect of the marriage Act 1974 against divorce behavior Muslim community in Indonesia can be said to be rare. Various writings that discuss the application of these laws focus more on aspects of institutional, legal and political.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v4i4.766