Religion, the culture of biomedicine, and the tremendum: Towards a non-essentialist analysis of interconnection

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Goldberg, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Interconnection; Non essentialist; Religion; Tremendum

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847268369     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-006-9080-3     Document Type: Article

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