Investigating the sect-church-sect cycle: Cohort-specific attendance differences across African-American denominations

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-234

  Sherkat, Darren E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040511462     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0021-8294.00052     Document Type: Article

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