Peak Sexual and Spiritual Experience: Exploring the Mystical Relationship

Theology and Sexuality

Volumn 1996, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 97-115

  MacKnee, Chuck ^a  

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EID: 0005232984     PISSN: 13558358     EISSN: 17455170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135583589600300507     Document Type: Article

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