4、 Kirk C. Hadaway & Penny Long Marler,“How many Americans Attend Worship Each Week? –An Alternative Approach to Measurement,”Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, v.44, Sept. 2005, pp. 307-322, Blackwell Publishing.
5、 Joseph Bottum, “The Death of Protestant America: A Political Theory Of The Protestant Mainline,” First Things, August/September, 2008. Bottum 他本人是杂志的编辑。
7、 美国著名社会学家Alan Wolfe认为,没有任何宗教可以避免受到文化的影响。请参考《今日基督教》2004年对他的专访:”Salvation Inflation?” http://www.ctlibrary.com/12122, 他因2000年10月在《大西洋月刊》的文章,“The Opening Of The Evangelical Mind,”受到普世的重视。也可参考他的名著,“The Transformation Of The American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith,”Free Press, 2003..