The Young and the Restless? The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-532

  Farrell, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Evangelical; Moral authority; Politics; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052230221     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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