Date of Award
1-1-2014
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of History
Content Description
1 online resource (v, 410 pages)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Dan White
Committee Members
Iris Berger, Nadia Kizenko
Keywords
20th century, competition, Germany, mainline denominations, marriage counseling, United States, Marriage counseling, Marriage, Church work with married people, Pastoral counseling
Subject Categories
European History | History | United States History
Abstract
Competition is at the heart of the religious market model, which serves as the primary counter theory to the longstanding concept that modernity inevitably included secularization. Using the United States as its primary example, the market model postulates that the longstanding presence of multiple religious offerings encouraged religious institutions to pay attention to popular religious needs and interest, in turn promoting their own continued vitality. In contrast, lack of competition prompted a certain lassitude among religious providers in Europe, leading to their ultimate inability to address the needs of European religious consumers. The market model, however, assumes that competition expresses itself as rivalry between religious providers.
Recommended Citation
Lippold, Anette, "The Church and modern marriage : denominational marriage counseling and the transformation of mainline Christian religion in Germany and the United States, 1920s-1970s" (2014). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1181.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1181