A multidimensional approach to identity: Religious and cultural identity in young Jewish Canadians

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-18

  Haji, Reeshma ^a   Lalonde, Richard N ^b   Durbin, Anna ^c   Naveh Benjamin, Ilil ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; ethnic identity; intergroup relations; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650684936     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210370602     Document Type: Article

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