Duty to God/my Dharma/Allah/Waheguru: Diverse youthful religiosities and the politics and performance of informal worship

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-499

  Mills, Sarah ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

archival research; Britain; religion; Scout Movement; worship; youth

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICS; RELIGION; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864653950     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.698749     Document Type: Article

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