Cognition and religion

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-360

  Wuthnow, Robert ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749032763     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/68.4.341     Document Type: Review

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