Studying religion in motion: A networks approach

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-184

  Vásquez, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Globalization; Immigration; Networks; Space; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955455590     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006808X283570     Document Type: Article

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