"Start together and finish together": Shifts in the premises and paradigms underlying the scientific study of religion

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-495

  Beckford, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748405864     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00010.x     Document Type: Article

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