Individual differences in religion and spirituality: An issue of personality traits and/or values

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-101

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Muñoz garcía, Antonio ^b  

^a Centre for Psychology of Religion   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 40949095616     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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