"Spiritual, but not religious:" The impact of parental divorce on the religious and spiritual identities of young adults in the United States

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-394

  Zhai, Jiexia Elisa ^a   Ellison, Christopher G ^b   Stokes, Charles E ^b   Glenn, Norval D ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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