Couples viewing marriage and pregnancy through the lens of the sacred: A descriptive study

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-45

  Mahoney, Annette ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a   DeMaris, Alfred ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Marriage; Parenting; Pregnancy; Religion; Sanctifi cation; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950741177     PISSN: 10468064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004175624.i-334.7     Document Type: Article

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