Coping with an uncertain future: Religiosity and millenarianism

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-28

  Zwingmann, Christian ^a   Murken, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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EID: 17144376471     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361200X00032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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