Are the latter-day saints too latter day? Perceived age of the Mormon Church and attitudes toward Mormons

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-78

  Warner, Ruth H ^a   Kiddoo, Kristin L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mormons; Prejudice; Status quo bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897675150     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430213490211     Document Type: Article

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