Social network theory and predictors of religiosity for black and white Catholics: Evidence of a "black sacred cosmos"?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-410

  Cavendish, James C ^a   Welch, Michael R ^b   Leege, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 2442433005     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1388048     Document Type: Article

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