Development and initial validation of a scale to assess sufi beliefs

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-135

  Joshanloo, Mohsen ^a   Rastegar, Parviz ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iran; Islamic psychology; mysticism; Sufi beliefs; Sufism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865352471     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341235     Document Type: Article

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