The Social Ecology of Residential Patterns and Membership in Immigrant Churches

In this paper, we utilize GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping data to locate eleven immigrant congregations and the residential addresses of their members in Houston, Texas. Combining this information with ethnographic data allows us to understand how ecological variables impact organization...

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Published inJournal for the scientific study of religion Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 107 - 116
Main Authors Ebaugh, Helen Rose, O'Brien, Jennifer, Chafetz, Janet Saltzman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, MA Blackwell Publishers, Inc 01.03.2000
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ISSN0021-8294
1468-5906
DOI10.1111/0021-8294.00009

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Summary:In this paper, we utilize GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping data to locate eleven immigrant congregations and the residential addresses of their members in Houston, Texas. Combining this information with ethnographic data allows us to understand how ecological variables impact organizational characteristics of religious institutions. Specifically, we combine GIS and ethnographic data on immigrant congregations in Houston, Texas, to analyze characteristics that make them more parish or niche-like in structure. We demonstrate that the combination of GIS techniques and standard field methods yields the greatest potential to provide a comprehensive understanding of what congregations mean to their members.
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ISSN:0021-8294
1468-5906
DOI:10.1111/0021-8294.00009