Increase or decrease? The impact of the international migratory event on immigrant religious participation

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Connor, Phillip ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44349086981     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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