Social context and the presbyterian gay/lesbian ordination debate: Testing open-systems theory

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 206-214

  Koch, Jerome R ^a   Curry, Evans W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748265503     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3512530     Document Type: Short Survey

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