Religion and unforgivable offenses

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-118

  Cohen, Adam B ^a,c,d   Malka, Ariel ^b   Rozin, Paul ^a   Cherfas, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646184999     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00370.x     Document Type: Review

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