“Wuthnow and Christiano (1979) have argued that in moving to a different region, "dislocation* occurs: religious commitment decreases, at least at first, because of the difficulty of integration into a new community. In contrast, Stump (1984) has set forth an "accommodation theory," which suggests that religious commitment increases when one moves to a region where religious commitment is high, and decreases when one moves to a region of low commitment (a related literature also suggests an intensification of religiosity among international migrants to the U.S. [see, e.g., Williams 1996]).”1
claims that their research supports Stumps contention.2
1C Smith, D Sikkink & J Bailey “Devotion in Dixie and Beyond: A Test of the "Shibley Thesis" on the Effects of Regional Origin and Migration on Individual Religiosity” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 37:3 (1998) 494–506, 495.
2C Smith, D Sikkink & J Bailey “Devotion in Dixie and Beyond: A Test of the "Shibley Thesis" on the Effects of Regional Origin and Migration on Individual Religiosity” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 37:3 (1998) 494–506, 503.
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