Recovery spirituality

Religions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-81

  Kurtz, Ernest ^a   White, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Chestnut Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholics Anonymous; Facets of spirituality; Recovery spirituality; Secular spirituality; Spirituality; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922022131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel6010058     Document Type: Article

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