Psychological sense of community among students on religious collegiate campuses in the christian evangelical tradition

Christian Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-40

  Bohus, Steve ^a   Woods, Robert H ^a   Chan, K Caleb ^a  

^a SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960200823     PISSN: 15363759     EISSN: 15394107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/153637590507423     Document Type: Article

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