Estimating the religious composition of all nations: An empirical assessment of the World Christian Database

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 678-693

  Hsu, Becky ^a   Reynolds, Amy ^a   Hackett, Conrad ^b   Gibbon, James ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 56049118467     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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