Relationships between God and people in the Bible: A core conflictual relationship theme study of the Pentateuch/Torah

Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-196

  Popp, Carol A ^a,b   Luborsky, Lester ^a   Andrusyna, Tomasz P ^c   Cotsonis, George ^d   Seligman, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Access Measurement Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIBLE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036750049     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.65.3.179.20170     Document Type: Article

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