Sacred Changes: Spiritual Conversion and Transformation

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-492

  Mahoney, Annette ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; REVIEW; THEOLOGY;

CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842853037     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20007     Document Type: Review

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