Classics in the Sociology of Religion: An Ambiguous Legacy

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 133-160

  O'Toole, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humanities; Intellectual climate; Legacy; Sociological enterprise; Sociology

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EID: 84956828537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998571.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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