Religious commitment in Iran: Correlates and factors of quest and extrinsic religious orientations

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-257

  Ghorbani, Nima ^a   Watson, P J ^b   Mirhasani, Vahideh Saleh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Extrinsic Religious Orientation; Intrinsic Religious Orientation; Iran Quest

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449087310     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/008467207X188847     Document Type: Article

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