Living in an age of comfort: Understanding religion in the twenty-first century

Telos

Volumn 2014, Issue 166, 2014, Pages 9-24

  Melleuish, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84922013996     PISSN: 00906514     EISSN: 1940459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3817/0314166009     Document Type: Review

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