The geography of religious diversity in the United States*

Professional Geographer

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-424

  Warf, Barney ^a   Winsberg, Mort ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural geography; Diversity; Religion; United States

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RELIGION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; DENVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749090486     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120802046786     Document Type: Article

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