The Influence of Assimilation on American Protestant Ministers' Beliefs, 1928-1978

Hoge, Robert D.; Dyble, John E.

doi:10.2307/1385339

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“…Presbyterians (PC U.S.A) have a number of common demographic characteristics with other Mainline denominations, being predominately Caucasian, older (Kosmin et al 2001), better educated and wealthier than non-Mainline Protestant denominations (Smith and Faris 2005). The Presbyterians (PC U.S.A) and other Mainline denominations also have a common religious orientation (Roof and McKinney 1987; Hoge and Dyble 1981), which tends to be more liberal than that of other Protestant denominations (Roof and McKinney 1987; Donahue 1993; Mockabee et al 2001). Overall, Mainline Protestants, tend to place less emphasis on reading scripture and other religious practices than do Conservative Protestants (Mockabee et al 2001), and they are somewhat less likely to believe in life-after-death (Harley and Firebaugh 1993; Hynson 1975).…”

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The Association between Religious Beliefs and Practices and End-of-Life Fears among Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Silton

Flannelly

Ellison

et al. 2011

Review of Religious Research

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This study examines the association between various religious beliefs and practices and fears pertaining to death and dying in a national sample of liberal Protestant U.S. adults. Data were analyzed from a 2002 survey of members and elders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) (N = 935). Four measures of religion were tested together in models predicting four end-of-life fears. Church attendance (p \ .01), other church involvement (p \ .05), and belief in life after death (p \ .001) had negative associations with the fear of what happens after death.Private devotion was inversely related to the fear of dying in pain (p \ .05). Involvement in church activities (p \ .05), aside from religious services, was inversely related to the fear of leaving loved ones behind. Females tended to be more fearful than males of dying alone and dying in pain and older adults tended to be less fearful than younger adults of the unknown and of leaving loved ones behind.

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