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Social Class and the Stubbornness of Family Myths: How Nonbeliever and Pagan Parents Cope with Intrusions on Parenting by Proselytizing Christian Family Members in the U.S. Bible Belt Cover

Social Class and the Stubbornness of Family Myths: How Nonbeliever and Pagan Parents Cope with Intrusions on Parenting by Proselytizing Christian Family Members in the U.S. Bible Belt

By: Amy I. McClure  
Open Access
|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.92 | Journal eISSN: 2053-6712
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 14, 2017
Accepted on: Jan 24, 2019
Published on: Jun 26, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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