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Distinctive or Professionalised?: Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK

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Distinctive or Professionalised? Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK. / Lonergan, Gwyneth; Lewis, Hannah; Tomalin, Emma et al.
In: Sociology, Vol. 55, No. 3, 01.06.2021, p. 505-521.

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Lonergan, G, Lewis, H, Tomalin, E & Waite, L 2021, 'Distinctive or Professionalised? Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK', Sociology, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 505-521. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520967887

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Lonergan, G., Lewis, H., Tomalin, E., & Waite, L. (2021). Distinctive or Professionalised? Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK. Sociology, 55(3), 505-521. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520967887

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Lonergan G, Lewis H, Tomalin E, Waite L. Distinctive or Professionalised? Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK. Sociology. 2021 Jun 1;55(3):505-521. Epub 2020 Dec 20. doi: 10.1177/0038038520967887

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Lonergan, Gwyneth ; Lewis, Hannah ; Tomalin, Emma et al. / Distinctive or Professionalised? Understanding the Postsecular in Faith-Based Responses to Trafficking, Forced Labour and Slavery in the UK. In: Sociology. 2021 ; Vol. 55, No. 3. pp. 505-521.

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