Abstract
The religious geography of America is characterized by an east-west split. Metropolitan church membership rates in the Mountain and Pacific states are substantially lower than in the rest of the country. This paper accounts for this difference by developing two opposing models of community structure. The linear development model predicts that urbanization and population density are negatively associated with metropolitan church membership rates. The systemic model predicts that population instability and migration are more important determinants of community religious commitment. Analysis shows that migration variables are more important in predicting church commitment. Further, when regional rates are adjusted for migration, the regional differences in
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