Religion as opiate: Church and revolution in comparative structural perspective

Journal of Church and State

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 511-526

  Kowalewski, David ^a   Greil, Arthur L ^a  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963096762     PISSN: 0021969X     EISSN: 20404867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jcs/32.3.511     Document Type: Article

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