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The Politics of Mapping Religion: Locating, Counting, and Categorizing Places of Worship in European Cities 宗教地图政治：欧洲城市礼拜场所的定位、计数和分类

IF 1 4区社会学

Space and Culture Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.1177/12063312221130247

Mar Griera, T. Müller, Julia Martínez-Ariño

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