Assessing and updating the schoenherr-young projections of clergy decline in the united states Roman catholic church

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-23

  Young, Lawrence A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748176127     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3711962     Document Type: Article

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