How culture shapes community: Bible Belief, Theological Unity, and a Sense of Belonging in Religious Congregations

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 568-592

  Stroope, Samuel ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN RELATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEOLOGY;

EID: 80053521396     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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