Psychology of culture and religion: Introduction to the JCCP special issue

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1309-1319

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Cohen, Adam B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural psychology of religion; culture and religion; research methods; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053637386     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111412254     Document Type: Article

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