Social Movements as Free-floating Religious Phenomena

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 229-248

  Beckford, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative protestantism; Professional study; Religion; Social movements; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956727624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998571.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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