Upheavals in congregations: The causes and outcomes of splits

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-174

  Starke, Frederick A ^a   Dyck, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 0009398079     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3512339     Document Type: Article

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