Who buys new age materials? exploring sociodemographic, religious, network, and contextual correlates of new age consumption

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-313

  Meats, Daniel P ^a   Ellison, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0043058695     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3712580     Document Type: Article

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