The new age: Towards a market model

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-246

  Redden, Guy ^a  

^a Lincoln University

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EID: 33745836095     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900500067851     Document Type: Review

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