Justification Not by Faith Alone: Clergy Generating Trust and Certainty by Revealing Thought

Politics and Religion

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Djupe, Paul A ^a   Calfano, Brian R ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049403338     PISSN: 17550483     EISSN: 17440491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755048309000017     Document Type: Article

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