Islam moves west: Religious change in the first and second generations

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 525-545

  Voas, David ^a   Fleischmann, Fenella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Assimilation; Immigration; Muslims; Reactive religiosity; Secularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864193551     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145455     Document Type: Review

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