Fracturing over creation care? Shifting environmental beliefs among evangelicals, 1984-2010

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 198-215

  Danielsen, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Evangelicals; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874482526     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12017     Document Type: Article

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