Denominational influences on socially divisive issues: Polarization or continuity?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 528-546

  Hoffmann, John P ^a   Miller, Alan S ^b  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001501728     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1388059     Document Type: Article

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