The making of modern "mysticism"

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-302

  Schmidt, Leigh Eric ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/jaar/71.2.273     Document Type: Article

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