Online U-topia: Cyberspace and the mythology of placelessness

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Cowan, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 27844583509     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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