Religion in Britain: Neither believing nor belonging

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-28

  Voas, David ^a   Crockett, Alasdair ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief; Cohort effect; Intergenerational transmission; Religion; Secularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944493183     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505048998     Document Type: Review

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