Supernatural Agency: Individual Difference Predictors and Situational Correlates

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-62

  Barnes, Kirsten ^a   Gibson, Nicholas J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871290238     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2013.739066     Document Type: Article

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