What will the neighbors think? the effect of moral communities on cohabitation

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-67

  Gault Sherman, Martha ^a   Draper, Scott ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Moral communities; Religious heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862653216     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: 22114866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13644-011-0039-9     Document Type: Review

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