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Mark Chaves
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 73
Citations - 6279
Mark Chaves is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Religious organization & Social work. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 71 publications receiving 5955 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Chaves include University of Arizona & Loyola University Chicago.
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Explaining Schism in American Protestant Denominations, 1890-1990
John Sutton,Mark Chaves +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that schisms arise from within denominations in response to attempts by denominational elites to achieve what they consider to be their goals, and treat schism as an organizational process rather than an expression of purely doctrinal disputes.
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Assessing the Validity of Key Informant Reports about Congregations’ Social Composition
Congregations' Social Service Activities
TL;DR: The 1996 welfare reform legislation envisions an expanded role for congregations and other religious organizations in our social welfare system as mentioned in this paper, and federal, state, and local government agencies are implementing charitable choice provisions by encouraging religious congregations to seek government grants and contracts.
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Congregations and Social Services: An Update from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study
Mark Chaves,Alison J. Eagle +1 more
TL;DR: This paper used data from the 2012 National Congregations Study to describe key features of congregational involvement in social service programs and projects and found that the median congregation involved in social services spent $1500 per year directly on these programs, and 17% had a staff member who worked on them at least a quarter of the time.