No money, no honey, no church: The deinstitutionalization of religious life among the white working class

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-250

  Wilcox, W Bradford ^a   Cherlin, Andrew J ^b   Uecker, Jeremy E ^c   Messel, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Employment; Marriage; Religion; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874950111     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0277-2833(2012)0000023013     Document Type: Article

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