Gender Differences in the Communication of Christian Conversion Narratives

Scholars have long sought to find the differences in the ways men and women communicate. Also, researchers have studied the field of religious conversion. This first-of-a-kind study has sought to find if gender differences arise when men and women communicate the story of their religious conversion....

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Authors: Knight, David A. (Author) ; Woods, Robert H. (Author) ; Jindra, Ines W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 2005
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2005, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-134
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