Spiritual conversion: A study of religious change among college students

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-180

  Zinnbauer, Brian J ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Psychology ^*

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EID: 0000315626     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1388035     Document Type: Article

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