The Religiosity of Immigrants in Europe: A Cross-National Study

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-288

  Van Tubergen, Frank ^a   Sindradóttir, Jórunn Í ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Insecurity theory; Religiosity; Religious markets; Scientific worldview; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958077550     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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