Who controls church work? Organizational effects on jurisdictional boundaries and disputes in churches

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 370-385

  Monahan, Susanne C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748372101     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1387758     Document Type: Article

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