No field is an island: Fostering collaboration between the academic study of religion and the sciences

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 170-188

  Taves, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

building block approach; evolution; operationalizing concepts; religion and science; revelation; specialness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957741027     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006810X512356     Document Type: Review

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