The 'Toronto blessing': A holistic model of healing

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-272

  Poloma, Margaret M ^a   Hoelter, Lynette F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4243716161     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1387526     Document Type: Article

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