Methodological issues in the psychology of religion: Toward another paradigm?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-28

  Belzen, Jacob A ^a   Hood, Ralph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Psychology of religion; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; REVIEW;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33646415923     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.140.1.5-28     Document Type: Review

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