Robert McCauley and Ernest Thomas Lawson, Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion
Journal: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.38304
Abstract:
Robert McCauley and Ernest Thomas Lawson, <i>Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion</i>
Author: Hans Van Eyghen
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