Brett C Hoover
Biographic Data
| ID | 255821 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brett C Hoover |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brett C |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoover |
| SIGNATURE | HOOVER B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola Marymount University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluating the Moral Framing of Disaffiliation
The wave of religious disaffiliation that began in the 1990s in the United States has gone from a concern of pastoral leaders to perhaps the concern of pastoral leaders. This article examines a moral framing of religious disaffiliation-where disaffiliation is seen as a symptom of larger moral struggles in society. After a review of contemporary sociological research on the phenomenon of disaffiliation, its roots and causes, the article explores t…
The "Ownership" of Churches
Traditional understandings of ownership emphasize legal or economic property rights, but these conceptions come up short when examining faith communities in the United States context, where congregants often feel and act as “owners,” regardless of legal property rights. International migration to the United States further complicates this “felt ownership” within faith communities, as distinct racial, ethnic, or language groups compete or cooperat…
Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality
This inaugural volume of a new Oxford series aims to increase the profile of “meaning-making” (alternatively described as religiousness and spirituality) in social scientific discourse about the developmental stage now called emerging adulthood. As the editors note, emerging adulthood—characterized by a gradual emergence into adult identity—has remained controversial since psychologist Jeffrey Arnett coined the term in 2004. In this book, Barry a…
Evaluating the Moral Framing of Disaffiliation
The wave of religious disaffiliation that began in the 1990s in the United States has gone from a concern of pastoral leaders to perhaps the concern of pastoral leaders. This article examines a moral framing of religious disaffiliation-where disaffiliation is seen as a symptom of larger moral struggles in society. After a review of contemporary sociological research on the phenomenon of disaffiliation, its roots and causes, the article explores t…
Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality
This inaugural volume of a new Oxford series aims to increase the profile of “meaning-making” (alternatively described as religiousness and spirituality) in social scientific discourse about the developmental stage now called emerging adulthood. As the editors note, emerging adulthood—characterized by a gradual emergence into adult identity—has remained controversial since psychologist Jeffrey Arnett coined the term in 2004. In this book, Barry a…
The "Ownership" of Churches
Traditional understandings of ownership emphasize legal or economic property rights, but these conceptions come up short when examining faith communities in the United States context, where congregants often feel and act as “owners,” regardless of legal property rights. International migration to the United States further complicates this “felt ownership” within faith communities, as distinct racial, ethnic, or language groups compete or cooperat…
Evaluating the Moral Framing of Disaffiliation
The wave of religious disaffiliation that began in the 1990s in the United States has gone from a concern of pastoral leaders to perhaps the concern of pastoral leaders. This article examines a moral framing of religious disaffiliation-where disaffiliation is seen as a symptom of larger moral struggles in society. After a review of contemporary sociological research on the phenomenon of disaffiliation, its roots and causes, the article explores t…
Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Faith (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Adult Development (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)