Religious persecution in cross-national context: Clashing civilizations or regulated religious economies?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-658

  Grim, Brian J ^a,b   Finke, Roger ^b  

^a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34548056668     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200407     Document Type: Article

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