The Structure of Religious Environmentalism: Movement Organizations, Interorganizational Networks, and Collective Action

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-285

  Ellingson, Stephen ^a   Woodley, Vernon A ^b   Paik, Anthony ^c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental movement; Environmentalism; Network analysis; Parachurch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862133446     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2012.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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