Healthy questing and mature religious reflection: Critique, antecedents, and relevance of attachment theory?

Journal of Psychology and Theology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-233

  Miner, Maureen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 56349116222     PISSN: 00916471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009164710803600305     Document Type: Review

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