Who believes in religious evil? An investigation of sociological patterns of belief in Satan, Hell, and demons

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-220

  Baker, Joseph ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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