'Truths that set us free?': The use of Rhetoric in mind-body-spirit books

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-104

  Lee, Helen ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43249142641     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900601115039     Document Type: Article

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