Church and Synagogue Affiliation: Theory, Research, and Practice

This volume is an outgrowth of the Think Tank on Congregational Affiliation, a conference held at Brandeis University in October 1992. The conference and this publication were made possible by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., an Indianapolis private family foundation with a long-standing interest in American religion.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Church and synagogue affiliation : theory, research, and practice / edited by Amy L. Sales and Gary A. Tobin; foreword by Renni S. Altman ; afterword by James P. Wind.

p. cm.--(Contributions to the study of religion, ISSN 0196-7053; no. 42)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-29681-2

1. Church membership--Study and teaching. 2. Synagogues-- Membership--Study and teaching. I. Sales, Amy L. II. Tobin, Gary A. III. Series.

BV820.C48 1995

262′.15--dc20 95-6671

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1995 by Amy L. Sales and Gary A. Tobin

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 95-6671

ISBN: 0-313-29681-2

ISSN: 0196-7053

First published in 1995

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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