More than evangelical and ethnic: The ecological factor in Chinese conversion to Christianity in the United States

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-192

  Wang, Yuting ^a   Yang, Fenggang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746932147     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/67.2.179     Document Type: Review

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