"Praying for a wicked city": Congregation, community, and the suburbanization of fundamentalism

Religion and American Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-203

  Dochuk, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 34247457716     PISSN: 10521151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/rac.2003.13.2.167     Document Type: Article

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