A special case of voluntary associations? Towards a theory of congregational organization

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 602-618

  Harris, Margaret ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Associations; Churches; Congregational organization; Congregations; Synagogues; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347038865     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/591291     Document Type: Article

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