Americans' increasing belief in life after death: Religious competition and acculturation

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 813-835

  Greeley, Andrew M ^b   Hout, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RELIGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033492663     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657404     Document Type: Article

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