Forsaking all others: How religious involvement promotes marital fidelity in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim couples

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-307

  Dollahite, David C ^a   Lambert, Nathaniel M ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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