Statistical evidence of secularization in England -- Denominationalism and secularization -- The social context of secularization -- Religion and other social institutions -- Secularization and the clerical profession -- Religion in America: a contrasting pattern -- Religion and status: America and Britain -- The clergy and ecumenicalism -- The ecumenical implications of Christian expansion -- Ecumenicalism and the denominations -- The origins and functions of sects -- Emerging denominations and persisting sects
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