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Politics, Individualism, and Atheism: An Examination of the Political Attitudes of Atheist Activists in a Canadian City

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|Feb 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.112 | Journal eISSN: 2053-6712
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 5, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 5, 2019
Published on: Feb 28, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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