Transcendence and the anthropology of Christianity language, change, and individualism

Suomen Antropologi

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 5-23

  Robbins, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Christianity; Individualism; Language; Morality; Transcendence; Westermarck

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879903099     PISSN: 03553930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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