Clio goes to church: Revisiting and revitalizing historical thinking in the sociology of religion

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-28

  Christiano, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/socrel/69.1.1     Document Type: Review

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