Religious Fundamentalism and Limited Prosociality as a Function of the Target

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-60

  Blogowska, Joanna ^a   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Fundamentalism; Prejudice; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952222287     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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