Measuring Religious Identity Differently: A Canadian Survey Study
Issue: Vol 45 No. 1 (2016)
Journal: Bulletin for the Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
Abstract:
The research project reported here seeks to discover more about how Canadians, and younger Canadians in particular, imagine and construct their personal religious identities, and how they do so in a context of institutionalized religious diversity.
Author: Peter Beyer, Alyshea Cummins, Scott Craig
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