Religious Orientation and Attitudes towards Gay Marriage and Homosexual Bishops
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عنوان ژورنال: Theology & Sexuality
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1355-8358,1745-5170
DOI: 10.1179/1355835813z.0000000005