Agency and the Other: The Role of Agency for the Importance of Belief in Buddhist and Christian Traditions

Ethos

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-316

  Cassaniti, Julia ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Belief; Buddhism; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865167264     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2012.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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