A positive relationship between religious faith and forgiveness: Faith in the absence of data?

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-152

  Edwards, Lisa M ^a   Lapp Rincker, Regina H ^a   Magyar Moe, Jeana L ^a   Rehfeldt, Jason D ^a   Ryder, Jamie A ^a   Brown, Jill C ^a   Lopez, Shane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Positive constructs; Religious faith

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242564815     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012940402668     Document Type: Article

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