Religion in the United States
Notes Toward a New Classification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4929006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Mitchell Corbett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-112 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rac.1993.3.1.03a00050 |
| OpenAlex | W4239691456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
How one should classsify religious groups in the United States is a persistent question. The necessity for some sort of classification system is obvious: the vast diversity of religion in the United States requires that we be able to bring order out of what would otherwise be sheer chaos. At the same time, the pluralism that raises the issue in the first place makes the development of an adequate method of classification difficult. Both the historic Judeo-Christian mainstream and the alternatives to it that have emerged throughout our history must be given their due in a way that obscures the importance of neither one
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |