Characters in search of a script: The exit narratives of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-216

  Davidman, Lynn ^a   Greil, Arthur L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249720489     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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