What the polls don't show: A closer look at U.S. church attendance.

Aux Etats-Unis, les caracterisations de la vie religieuse font reference aux donnees de sondage sur la frequentation de l'eglise. Les hauts degres de participation rapportes par ces donnees suggerent que la population est exceptionnelement religieuse et tres peu affectee par les tendances a la secularisation. Cette image de vitalite contredit neanmoins d'autres evidences empiriques indiquant le declin de la force de nombreuses institutions religieuses. A partir de donnees issues de sources multiples et de procedure variees les AA. examinent les taux de frequentation de l'eglise chez les protestants et les catholiques, taux qui sont approximativement de moitie moins importants que les niveaux generalement acceptes.

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