Beyond the "three Bs": How American christians approach faith and politics

Politics and Religion

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-252

  Friesen, Amanda ^a   Wagner, Michael W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84864539491     PISSN: 17550483     EISSN: 17550491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755048312000028     Document Type: Article

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