Rationality, choice, and the religious economy: Individual and collective rationality in supply and demand

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-171

  Bankston, Carl L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646510694     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3512580     Document Type: Article

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