In defense of religion: Shared reality moderates the unconscious threat of evolution

Social Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-400

  Magee, Michael W ^a   Hardin, Curtis D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77953821126     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.3.379     Document Type: Article

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