Are religious people more prosocial? A quasi-experimental study with madrasah pupils in a rural community in India

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-374

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 66849089419     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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