Covenant marriage and the sanctification of gendered marital roles

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-178

  Baker, Elizabeth H ^a   Sanchez, Laura A ^b   Nock, Steven L ^c   Wright, James D ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Covenant marriage; Evangelicals; Gender; Mixed methods; Traditionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849166311     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08324109     Document Type: Article

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