Religious experience and the divisible self: William James (and Frederic Myers) as theorist(s) of religion

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-326

  Taves, Ann ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60950272730     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaar/71.2.303     Document Type: Article

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