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The Sociology of Conversion

Author(s): David A. Snow and Richard MachalekReviewed work(s):Source: Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 10 (1984), pp. 167-190Published by: Annual ReviewsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2083172 .

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