What it means to be christian: The role of religion in the construction of ethnic identity and boundary among secondgeneration Korean Americans

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-286

  Chong, Kelly H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0012896398     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3711911     Document Type: Article

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