'I am a believer but not a conformist': Negotiating claims to being religious among Syrian Christians and Muslims

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 468-483

  Widdicombe, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christian; Conversation analysis; Discursive psychology; Muslim; Religion; Religiousness; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055018074     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1124     Document Type: Article

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