Spiritual transformation, ritual healing, and altruism

Zygon

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 877-892

  Koss Chioino, Joan D ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Empathy; Healing process; Ritual healing; Spiritual transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846272394     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00785.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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