The wondering brain: Thinking about religion with and beyond cognitive neuroscience

The Wondering Brain: Thinking about Religion with and Beyond Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-229

  Bulkeley, Kelly ^a,b  

^a Graduate Theological Union   (United States)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203997642     Document Type: Book

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