Religious influences on understandings of racial inequality in the United States

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-288

  Edgell, Penny ^a   Tranby, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative Christian; Race; Racial attitudes; Racial inequality; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249902295     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.263     Document Type: Article

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