Religious involvement among Caribbean Blacks residing in the United States

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-145

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a   Mattis, Jacqueline S ^b   Joe, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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