Religious affiliation in Contemporary Japan: Untangling the enigma

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-320

  Roemer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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