Religion among academic scientists: Distinctions, disciplines, and demographics

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-307

  Ecklund, Elaine Howard ^a   Scheitle, Christopher P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disciplines; Religion; Religion and science; Science; Scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249912635     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.289     Document Type: Article

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