Rereading the varieties of religious experience in transatlantic perspective

Zygon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-432

  Taves, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatisms; Experimental psychology; Psychicalre search; Religious experience; William James: Frederic Myers

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149117888     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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