Sociological explorations: What is religious agency?

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-92

  Leming, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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EID: 33846194646     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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