Linking social structure and the exit process in religious organizations: Defectors, whistle-blowers, and apostates

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-160

  Bromley, David G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748038375     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1388034     Document Type: Article

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