Religion in the UK: An overview of equality statistics and evidence gaps

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-168

  Purdam, Kingsley ^a   Afkhami, Reza ^a   Crockett, Alasdair ^b   Olsen, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65849476484     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900701331023     Document Type: Article

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