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Passing the plate : why American Christians don't give away more money / Christian Smith and Michael O. Emerson, with Patricia Snell.
LIBRA BV772 .S611 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Christian, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian giving.
- Christians--United States.
- Christians.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The riddle of stingy Christian giving
- Giving to change the world
- Failed generosity
- Toward explaining ungenerous giving
- The view from pulpits and pews
- A mental experiment in raised expectations
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Christian church teachings
- Appendix B: Data sources used in analyses
- Appendix C: Multivariate regressions on charitable giving.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270).
- ISBN:
- 9780195337112
- 0195337115
- OCLC:
- 213301879
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