Religion and civil society: A critical reappraisal of America's civic engagement debate

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 626-645

  Wagner, Antonin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Civil society; Deliberative democracy; Religion; Social political capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449135565     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764007312718     Document Type: Article

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