The new holy clubs: Testing church-to-sect propositions

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-189

  Finke, Roger ^a   Stark, Rodney ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33646523338     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3712454     Document Type: Article

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