The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland.
This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 217 - 229 |
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