Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Vol 45, No 1 (2016)

Measuring Religious Identity Differently: A Canadian Survey Study

Peter Beyer, Alyshea Cummins, Scott Craig
Issued Date: 12 Apr 2016

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.

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DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v45i1.30174

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