Religion, group threat and sacred values

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-118

  Sheikh, Hammad ^a   Ginges, Jeremy ^a   Coman, Alin ^b   Atran, Scott ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group threat; Palestinians; Protected values; Religiosity; Ritual; Sacred values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859295956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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