Personality and religion: The relationship between psychological type and attitude toward christianity

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-34

  Francis, Leslie J ^a   Jones, Susan H ^a   Craig, Charlotte L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250615617     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/0084672053597987     Document Type: Article

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