Is religious service attendance declining?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Presser, Stanley ^a   Chaves, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548661972     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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