Resisting Institutionalization: Religious Professionals in the Emerging Church

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-33

  Packard, Josh ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650978136     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2010.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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