Perceived benefits of religious rituals in the Latter-day Saint home

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-362

  Loser, Rachel W ^a   Hill, E Jeffrey ^a   Klein, Shirley R ^a   Dollahite, David C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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