The growth and decline of the population of catholic nuns cross-nationally, 1960-1990: A case of secularization as social structural change

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-183

  Ebaugh, Helen Rose ^a   Lorence, Jon ^a   Chafetz, Janet Saltzman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0040378202     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1387084     Document Type: Review

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