Religiosity, discrimination, and community engagement: Gendered pathways of muslim American emerging adults

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1528-1546

  Sirin, Selcuk R ^a   Katsiaficas, Dalal ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community engagement; discrimination; Muslim American

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255161256     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10388218     Document Type: Article

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