Bridging the denomination-congregation divide: Evangelical lutheran church in america congre-gations respond to homosexuality

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-259

  Cadge, Wendy ^a   Day, Heather ^b   Wildeman, Christopher ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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