A default of critical intelligence? The scholar of religion as public intellectual

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 443-468

  McCutcheon, Russell T ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949636251     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/65.2.443     Document Type: Review

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