Introduction: Rethinking the online-offline connection in the study of religion online

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1083-1096

  Campbell, Heidi A ^a   Lövheim, Mia ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84859149036     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.597416     Document Type: Article

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