Religion as orienting worldview

Zygon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-19

  Peterson, Gregory R ^a  

^a Thiel College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Definition of religion; Orienting worldview; Science religion dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750254559     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00336     Document Type: Article

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