Syncretic processes and the definition of new religions

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Greenfield, Sidney M ^a   Droogers, André ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Hollenweger Center

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EID: 61249330698     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900305495     Document Type: Review

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