Attitudes toward abortion among religious traditions in the United States: Change or continuity?

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-182

  Hoffmann, John P ^a   Johnson, Sherrie Mills ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646558578     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4153084     Document Type: Review

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