'The church is... my family': Exploring the interrelationship between familial and religious practices and spaces

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 816-831

  Sharma, Sonya ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Church; Family; Gender; Religion; Women

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; GENDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATEDNESS; RELIGION;

EID: 84864254343     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4447     Document Type: Article

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