Factors influencing religious non-attendance among African American men: A multimethod analysis

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-403

  Mattis, Jacqueline S ^a   Eubanks, Kiu ^a   Zapata, Alix A ^a   Grayman, Nyasha ^a   Belkin, Max ^a   Mitchell, N'jeri K ^a   Cooper, Sharon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17744372458     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3511993     Document Type: Article

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