Financing American Religion

Mark Chaves: University of Arizona Sharon L. Miller: University of Notre Dame

• chapter 1 Prefacechapter 2 The Authorschapter 3 Part I. Individual Givingchapter 4 1. Dean Hoge, Charles Zech, Patrick McNamara, Michael Donahue, Giving in Five Denominationschapter 5 2. John and Sylvia Ronsvalle, Basic Trends in Religious Giving 1921-1995chapter 6 3. Calvin Pressley and Walter Collier, Financing Historic Black Churcheschapter 7 4. Laurence Iannaccone, Skewness Explainedchapter 8 5. Sharon Miller, The Meaning of Religious Givingchapter 9 6. James Hudnut-Beumler, Historical Myths about Financing American Christianitychapter 10 7. Robert Wood Lynn, Why Give?chapter 11 8. Robert Wuthnow, The Crisis in the Churcheschapter 12 Part II. Congregations and Resourceschapter 13 9. Virginia Hodgkinson, Financing Religious Congregations: A National Viewchapter 14 10. Dean Hoge and Loren Mead, Endowed Congregationschapter 15 11. Daniel Conway, Clergy as Reluctant Stewards of Congregational Resourceschapter 16 Part III. Religious Organizations and Resourceschapter 17 12. Joseph Claude Harris, Financing Catholic Schoolschapter 18 13. Anthony Ruger, Financing Protestant Theological Schoolschapter 19 14. Sharon L. Miller, Financing Parachurch Organizationschapter 20 15. Michael O'Neill, Religious Organizations in Californiachapter 21 16. Kristen Gronbjerg and Sheila Nelson, Small Religious Nonprofits in Illinoischapter 22 17. Ellen J. Benjamin, Philanthropic Institutions and the Small Religious Nonprofitchapter 23 Part IV. Conclusionchapter 24 18. John Mulder, Faith and Money: Theological Reflections on Financing American Religionchapter 25 19. Mark Chaves, Financing American Religion

Chaves and Miller provide a well-integrated, systematic, cohesive, and unified discussion of various aspects of religious financing. As such, this work will take its place as both a practical guide for religious leaders and laity, and as a brief but thorough introduction to research regarding finance and religion for scholars.