Any given sunday: Weekly church attendance in a Midwestern City

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-461

  Olson, PauL J ^a  

^a Briar Cliff University   (United States)

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EID: 51249108386     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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