"To whom much has been given...": Religious capital and community voluntarism among churchgoing protestants

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 272-286

  Park, Jerry Z ^a   Smith, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0038437363     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0021-8294.00023     Document Type: Article

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