For Better or Worse: Fundamentalists' Attitudes Toward Outgroups as a Function of Exposure to Authoritative Religious Texts

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-125

  Blogowska, Joanna ^a   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84874608181     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2012.687991     Document Type: Article

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