Communion and complaint: Attachment, object-relations, and triangular love perspectives on relationship with god

Journal of Psychology and Theology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-52

  Beck, Richard ^a,b  

^a ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 28011 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33745000959     PISSN: 00916471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009164710603400105     Document Type: Review

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