Common Core Thesis and Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Mysticism in Chinese Buddhist Monks and Nuns

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 654-670

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Qi, Wen ^b   Hood, Ralph W ^a   Watson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Chinese; Common core thesis; M Scale; Mixed methods; Mysticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955237750     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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