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[ adjective ] occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
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[ adjective ] occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)A fourteen year old girl from the Middle_West observed wryly that , in her community , religion inconveniently interfered with religious activities - at_least with the peripheral activities that many middle_class Jews now regard_as religious . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The central_city areas , in_other_words , exhibit the two characteristics which violate the life_principle of congregations of the major denominations : they have too few middle-class people ; they mix middle-class people with lower-class residents . The central_city areas , in_other_words , exhibit the two characteristics which violate the life_principle of congregations of the major denominations : they have too few middle-class people ; they mix middle-class people with lower-class residents . Central_city areas have become progressively poorer locales for the major denominations since the exodus of middle-class people from most central_cities . The vulnerability of Protestantism to social differences stems from the peculiar role of the new religious style in middle-class life , where the congregation is a vehicle of social and economic group identity and must conform , therefore , to the principle of economic integration . |
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