Environmental decline and the rise of religion

Zygon

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 895-910

  Orr, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Environment; Religiopoiesis; Revitalization movement; Superhuman; Supernatural

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745278302     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2003.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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