Post-traumatic growth and the origins of early Christianity

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-306

  McGrath, Joanna Collicutt ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

EID: 33646080584     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13694670600615532     Document Type: Article

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