Why God is the best punisher

Religion, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Johnson, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84999476253     PISSN: 2153599X     EISSN: 21535981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2011.558714     Document Type: Article

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