The Social Ethic of Religiously Unaffiliated Spirituality

Religion Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-256

  Chandler, Siobhan ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85150263830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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