Rational choice: Framework for the scientific study of religion1

Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 25-45

  Lannaccone, Laurence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85070645953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315538877-9     Document Type: Chapter

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