Psalms for safety: Magico-religious responses to threats of terror

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-911

  Sosis, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 38949162219     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523015     Document Type: Article

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