Paul Perl
Biographic Data
| ID | 4223439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Perl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Perl |
| SIGNATURE | PERL P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Friend in Creed: Does the Religious Composition of Geographic Areas Affect the Religious Composition of a Person's Close Friends
Numerous theories of religion rest on the assumption that the religious composition of local populations influences the religious identities of a person's close friends, but there have been few empirical tests of this assumption. Using a combination of data on the religious identity of close friends (from the 1988 and 1998 General Social Survey) and information on the religious composition of counties (from the U.S. Religious Congregations and Me…
Catholic Schooling and Disaffiliation from Catholicism
Using event history analysis of 849 adults raised Catholic, this research note examines effects of attending Catholic elementary school and high school on the likelihood one remains Catholic. Attending Catholic high school for at least three years significantly reduces the likelihood that one disaffiliates from Catholicism, reducing both the likelihood that one converts to another faith and the likelihood that one chooses to have no religion at a…
What Proportion of Adult Hispanics Are Catholic? A Review of Survey Data and Methodology
The proportion of Hispanics who are Catholic remains unclear, partly because of varying survey methods and limited understanding of how these variations affect estimates of Hispanic religious identification. We compare 12 national surveys conducted since 1990. Language use strongly predicts religious identification among Hispanics—more strongly than other indicators of assimilation—and evidence suggests English‐only interviewing inflates Protesta…
Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented among Protestant Clergy
Journal Article Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented Among Protestant Clergy? Get access Paul Perl Paul Perl * Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate *Direct all correspondence to: Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Suite 400, 2300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 66, Issue…
Free and Cheap Riding in Strict, Conservative Churches
Iannaccone (1994)uses rational choice theory to argue that strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) raise average commitment levels in conservative churches because strictness discourages free riding. Tests of this assertion have been hampered, in part, by uncertainties concerning how free riding should be measured. We introduce a new, indirect measure of free (and cheap) riding, the level of positive skewness of a congregation's money contrib…
Don't Call Me Ishmael: Religious Naming Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States
We explore whether first names of religious origin continue to have religious connotations for Protestants and Catholics in a U.S. culture where naming is largely secularized. We use 1994 General Social Survey data to examine several questions: (1) whether there are Protestant-Catholic differences in broad categories of names (Old Testament, New Testament, saints, etc.); (2) whether worship attendance predicts the likelihood that Protestant and C…
Perceptions of Anti‐Catholic Bias and Political Party Identification Among U.S. Catholics
Recent controversies in the news over anti‐Catholicism alleged by elites on both the left and the right raise the question of how perceptions of religious prejudice relate to political preferences among Catholics. Using survey data on 746 self‐identified adult Catholics, we examine the extent to which they perceive anti‐Catholic bias and how those perceptions are related to political party identification. Catholics were asked whether they think t…
Gender and Mainline Protestant Pastors' Allocation of Time to Work Tasks
Some scholars argue that male and female members of the Protestant clergy have differing ministerial styles. They argue that women are more person-oriented and interested in direct interaction with their parishioners and that men are more focused on job status and interested in administration. Using data on 1,688 clergy in eight mainline denominations, this research note compares the proportion of time that male and female pastors spend on 10 wor…
Variations in Strictness and Religious Commitment Within and Among Five Denominations
Iannaccone (1994) claims that members of churches with strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) have higher average commitment because strict rules discourage involvement by less committed potential members. Most previous studies of Iannaccone’s assertions have studied congregations within a single denomination, and these studies have found little support for his claims. However, Iannaccone (1996) has responded that strictness is primarily a c…
The Catholic 'Consistent Life Ethic' and Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform
American Catholic Bishops have advocated a combination of issue positions that is unique within American political culture. The “consistent life ethic” combines opposition to abortion with liberal stances on other issues conceptualized as life-affirming. Based on evidence that very few people hold this combination of attitudes, previous researchers have concluded that the Bishops' advocacy has had little or no success (Kenski and Lockwood 1988; C…
Credentialism Across Creeds: Clergy Education and Stratification in Protestant Denominations
In this paper, we explore how Protestant denominations use education to stratify their pastors among lower and higher income jobs and how this use of education intersects with gender. We assume that reliance on education as anindication of job qualification ultimately reflects accommodation to secular norms and hypothesize that it will be practiced most strongly in theologically liberal contexts. Next, we hypothesize that women will benefit from …
Religious Market Share and Intensity of Church Involvement in Five Denominations
Proponents of the supply side approach to religion theorize that religious market share-the proportion of people in a geographical area who belong to a given denomination-is inversely related to religious commitment in that denomination. They argue that a small market share motivates religious leaders to compete harder in the religious market place, increasing the participation of members. Another perspective, often associated with secularization…
Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings
Journal Article Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings Get access Patricia M.Y. Chang, Patricia M.Y. Chang * University of Notre Dame * Direct correspondence to Patricia M.Y. Chang, Department of Sociology, 325 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Perl Paul Perl University of…
Religious Market Share and Intensity of Church Involvement in Five Denominations
Proponents of the supply side approach to religion theorize that religious market share-the proportion of people in a geographical area who belong to a given denomination-is inversely related to religious commitment in that denomination. They argue that a small market share motivates religious leaders to compete harder in the religious market place, increasing the participation of members. Another perspective, often associated with secularization…
Free and Cheap Riding in Strict, Conservative Churches
Iannaccone (1994)uses rational choice theory to argue that strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) raise average commitment levels in conservative churches because strictness discourages free riding. Tests of this assertion have been hampered, in part, by uncertainties concerning how free riding should be measured. We introduce a new, indirect measure of free (and cheap) riding, the level of positive skewness of a congregation's money contrib…
A Friend in Creed: Does the Religious Composition of Geographic Areas Affect the Religious Composition of a Person's Close Friends
Numerous theories of religion rest on the assumption that the religious composition of local populations influences the religious identities of a person's close friends, but there have been few empirical tests of this assumption. Using a combination of data on the religious identity of close friends (from the 1988 and 1998 General Social Survey) and information on the religious composition of counties (from the U.S. Religious Congregations and Me…
The Catholic 'Consistent Life Ethic' and Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform
American Catholic Bishops have advocated a combination of issue positions that is unique within American political culture. The “consistent life ethic” combines opposition to abortion with liberal stances on other issues conceptualized as life-affirming. Based on evidence that very few people hold this combination of attitudes, previous researchers have concluded that the Bishops' advocacy has had little or no success (Kenski and Lockwood 1988; C…
Variations in Strictness and Religious Commitment Within and Among Five Denominations
Iannaccone (1994) claims that members of churches with strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) have higher average commitment because strict rules discourage involvement by less committed potential members. Most previous studies of Iannaccone’s assertions have studied congregations within a single denomination, and these studies have found little support for his claims. However, Iannaccone (1996) has responded that strictness is primarily a c…
Catholic Schooling and Disaffiliation from Catholicism
Using event history analysis of 849 adults raised Catholic, this research note examines effects of attending Catholic elementary school and high school on the likelihood one remains Catholic. Attending Catholic high school for at least three years significantly reduces the likelihood that one disaffiliates from Catholicism, reducing both the likelihood that one converts to another faith and the likelihood that one chooses to have no religion at a…
Gender and Mainline Protestant Pastors' Allocation of Time to Work Tasks
Some scholars argue that male and female members of the Protestant clergy have differing ministerial styles. They argue that women are more person-oriented and interested in direct interaction with their parishioners and that men are more focused on job status and interested in administration. Using data on 1,688 clergy in eight mainline denominations, this research note compares the proportion of time that male and female pastors spend on 10 wor…
Credentialism Across Creeds: Clergy Education and Stratification in Protestant Denominations
In this paper, we explore how Protestant denominations use education to stratify their pastors among lower and higher income jobs and how this use of education intersects with gender. We assume that reliance on education as anindication of job qualification ultimately reflects accommodation to secular norms and hypothesize that it will be practiced most strongly in theologically liberal contexts. Next, we hypothesize that women will benefit from …
Don't Call Me Ishmael: Religious Naming Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States
We explore whether first names of religious origin continue to have religious connotations for Protestants and Catholics in a U.S. culture where naming is largely secularized. We use 1994 General Social Survey data to examine several questions: (1) whether there are Protestant-Catholic differences in broad categories of names (Old Testament, New Testament, saints, etc.); (2) whether worship attendance predicts the likelihood that Protestant and C…
Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings
Journal Article Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings Get access Patricia M.Y. Chang, Patricia M.Y. Chang * University of Notre Dame * Direct correspondence to Patricia M.Y. Chang, Department of Sociology, 325 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Perl Paul Perl University of…
Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented among Protestant Clergy
Journal Article Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented Among Protestant Clergy? Get access Paul Perl Paul Perl * Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate *Direct all correspondence to: Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Suite 400, 2300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 66, Issue…
Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings
Journal Article Enforcing Family Values? The Effects of Marital Status on Clergy Earnings Get access Patricia M.Y. Chang, Patricia M.Y. Chang * University of Notre Dame * Direct correspondence to Patricia M.Y. Chang, Department of Sociology, 325 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Perl Paul Perl University of…
Credentialism Across Creeds: Clergy Education and Stratification in Protestant Denominations
In this paper, we explore how Protestant denominations use education to stratify their pastors among lower and higher income jobs and how this use of education intersects with gender. We assume that reliance on education as anindication of job qualification ultimately reflects accommodation to secular norms and hypothesize that it will be practiced most strongly in theologically liberal contexts. Next, we hypothesize that women will benefit from …
Religious Market Share and Intensity of Church Involvement in Five Denominations
Proponents of the supply side approach to religion theorize that religious market share-the proportion of people in a geographical area who belong to a given denomination-is inversely related to religious commitment in that denomination. They argue that a small market share motivates religious leaders to compete harder in the religious market place, increasing the participation of members. Another perspective, often associated with secularization…
Variations in Strictness and Religious Commitment Within and Among Five Denominations
Iannaccone (1994) claims that members of churches with strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) have higher average commitment because strict rules discourage involvement by less committed potential members. Most previous studies of Iannaccone’s assertions have studied congregations within a single denomination, and these studies have found little support for his claims. However, Iannaccone (1996) has responded that strictness is primarily a c…
The Catholic 'Consistent Life Ethic' and Attitudes toward Capital Punishment and Welfare Reform
American Catholic Bishops have advocated a combination of issue positions that is unique within American political culture. The “consistent life ethic” combines opposition to abortion with liberal stances on other issues conceptualized as life-affirming. Based on evidence that very few people hold this combination of attitudes, previous researchers have concluded that the Bishops' advocacy has had little or no success (Kenski and Lockwood 1988; C…
Perceptions of Anti‐Catholic Bias and Political Party Identification Among U.S. Catholics
Recent controversies in the news over anti‐Catholicism alleged by elites on both the left and the right raise the question of how perceptions of religious prejudice relate to political preferences among Catholics. Using survey data on 746 self‐identified adult Catholics, we examine the extent to which they perceive anti‐Catholic bias and how those perceptions are related to political party identification. Catholics were asked whether they think t…
Gender and Mainline Protestant Pastors' Allocation of Time to Work Tasks
Some scholars argue that male and female members of the Protestant clergy have differing ministerial styles. They argue that women are more person-oriented and interested in direct interaction with their parishioners and that men are more focused on job status and interested in administration. Using data on 1,688 clergy in eight mainline denominations, this research note compares the proportion of time that male and female pastors spend on 10 wor…
Don't Call Me Ishmael: Religious Naming Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States
We explore whether first names of religious origin continue to have religious connotations for Protestants and Catholics in a U.S. culture where naming is largely secularized. We use 1994 General Social Survey data to examine several questions: (1) whether there are Protestant-Catholic differences in broad categories of names (Old Testament, New Testament, saints, etc.); (2) whether worship attendance predicts the likelihood that Protestant and C…
Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented among Protestant Clergy
Journal Article Are Former Catholic Women Over-Represented Among Protestant Clergy? Get access Paul Perl Paul Perl * Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate *Direct all correspondence to: Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Suite 400, 2300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 66, Issue…
Free and Cheap Riding in Strict, Conservative Churches
Iannaccone (1994)uses rational choice theory to argue that strict rules (e.g., no smoking or drinking) raise average commitment levels in conservative churches because strictness discourages free riding. Tests of this assertion have been hampered, in part, by uncertainties concerning how free riding should be measured. We introduce a new, indirect measure of free (and cheap) riding, the level of positive skewness of a congregation's money contrib…
What Proportion of Adult Hispanics Are Catholic? A Review of Survey Data and Methodology
The proportion of Hispanics who are Catholic remains unclear, partly because of varying survey methods and limited understanding of how these variations affect estimates of Hispanic religious identification. We compare 12 national surveys conducted since 1990. Language use strongly predicts religious identification among Hispanics—more strongly than other indicators of assimilation—and evidence suggests English‐only interviewing inflates Protesta…
Catholic Schooling and Disaffiliation from Catholicism
Using event history analysis of 849 adults raised Catholic, this research note examines effects of attending Catholic elementary school and high school on the likelihood one remains Catholic. Attending Catholic high school for at least three years significantly reduces the likelihood that one disaffiliates from Catholicism, reducing both the likelihood that one converts to another faith and the likelihood that one chooses to have no religion at a…
A Friend in Creed: Does the Religious Composition of Geographic Areas Affect the Religious Composition of a Person's Close Friends
Numerous theories of religion rest on the assumption that the religious composition of local populations influences the religious identities of a person's close friends, but there have been few empirical tests of this assumption. Using a combination of data on the religious identity of close friends (from the 1988 and 1998 General Social Survey) and information on the religious composition of counties (from the U.S. Religious Congregations and Me…
Religion and Society Interactions (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (7 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (6 works) · Protestantism (5 works) · Attendance (4 works)