Dominic Johnson, God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.38290Keywords:
cognitive science of religion, supernatural punishment, religionAbstract
Dominic Johnson, God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human
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