Infusing community psychology and religion: Themes from an action-research project in jewish identity development

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-198

  Kress, Jeffrey S ^a   Elias, Maurice J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034400951     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(200003)28:2<187::AID-JCOP6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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