Was religion a kinship surrogate?

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 653-694

  MacIntyre, Ferren ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfh063     Document Type: Article

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