Andrew Greeley

Andrew Greely is professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago.

Articles by Andrew Greeley

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Birth dearth

Demographics of mainline decline
Oct 04, 2005 by Michael Hout, Melissa Wilde and Andrew Greeley
Since the publication of Dean M. Kelley’s classic study Why Conservative Churches Are Growing in 1972 it has become axiomatic for many people that the mainline denominations (Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian) are in decline while conservative denominations (Southern Baptist, Assemblies of God, Pentecostal and holiness churches) are growing.