Assessing the Prayer Lives of Older Whites, Older Blacks, and Older Mexican Americans: A Descriptive Analysis

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-78

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84855467206     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2012.635060     Document Type: Article

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