A cross-cultural study of pre-adolescents' moral, religious and spiritual questions

British Journal of Religious Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Tirri, Kirsi ^a   Tallent Runnels, Mary K ^b   Nokelainen, Petri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Gifted education; Morality; Pre adolescence; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149125344     PISSN: 01416200     EISSN: 17407931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01416200500141181     Document Type: Article

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