Reifying sex difference isn't the answer: Gendering processes, risk, and religiosity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-255

  Cornwall, Marie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66849131271     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01444.x     Document Type: Note

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