Religions, human rights and social change

The Freedom to do God’s Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 197-229

  Scott Appleby, R ^a,b  

^a Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84991298904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203398319-15     Document Type: Chapter

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