The role of leisure in the spirituality of new paradigm christians

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 389-417

  Livengood, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Leisure; New Paradigm Christians; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949340903     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2009.9651444     Document Type: Article

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