Alternative schooling strategies and the religious lives of American adolescents

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-584

  Uecker, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 56049126890     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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