Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics
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, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 289–307, ISSN 0037-7791, electronic ISSN 1533-8533. © 2007 by Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions website at http://www. ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo/asp. DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.289. Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics
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