Religious thought and behavior

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Lawson, Ernest Thomas ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865169166     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1189     Document Type: Review

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