Psychologists interpreting conversion: Two American forerunners of the hermeneutics of suspicion

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-72

  Hay, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion; Hermeneutics; Psychology; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039411836     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09526959922120153     Document Type: Article

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