The fatalistic imagination and the continued salience of religion in the modern world: A test of resource compensation/resource amplification hypotheses using crossnational data

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-624

  Acevedo, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 48849092368     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170802206245     Document Type: Review

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