Research note: Personality and religion among secondary school pupils in South Africa in the early 1990s

Religion and Theology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-236

  Francis, Leslie J ^a   Kerr, Shirley ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84983453788     PISSN: 10230807     EISSN: 15743012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157430103X00051     Document Type: Review

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