Awash in a Sea of Faith and Firearms: Rediscovering the Connection Between Religion and Gun Ownership in America

The United States is awash in a sea of both faith and firearms. Although sociologists and criminologists have been trying to understand the predictors of gun ownership in the United States since the 1970s, it has been over two decades since social scientists of religion have been part of this import...

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Published in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
Main Author: Yamane, David 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Further subjects:B evangelical Protestants
B Religious Affiliation
B Gun Ownership
B conservative theology
B Firearms
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