Congregational studies: Taking stock

Congregational Studies in the UK: Christianity in a Post-Christian Context

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 1-23

  Woodhead, Linda ^a   Guest, Mathew ^b   Tusting, Karin ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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