Non-organizational Religious Participation, Subjective Religiosity, and Spirituality among Older African Americans and Black Caribbeans

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-645

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a   Joe, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbeans; Blacks; Church attendance; West Indians

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052617831     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-009-9292-4     Document Type: Article

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