Finding faith, losing faith: The prevalence and context of religious transformations during adolescence

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-237

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a   Uecker, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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