Mortality and Re-enchantment: Conscious dying as individualized spirituality

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-234

  Lee, Raymond L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 47849118312     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900701331080     Document Type: Article

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