Religion and the quest for virtual community

Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 75-89

  Dawson, Lorne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203957936     Document Type: Chapter

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