The Religious Experience: A Social-psychological Perspective
- ISBN-10
- 0195030311
- ISBN-13
- 9780195030310
- Category
- Experience (Religion)
- Pages
- 356
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Charles Daniel Batson, W. Larry Ventis
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