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Psychology
2007. Vol. 4, no. 4, 101–112

Self-Expansiveness as a Psychological Construct for Understanding and Researching Religious Phenomena without Reliance on Religious Notions

H.L. Friedman

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Journal rubric: Theoretical-Empirical Studies

For citation: Friedman H.L. Self-Expansiveness as a Psychological Construct for Understanding and Researching Religious Phenomena without Reliance on Religious Notions. Psychology, 2007. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 101–112. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Harris L. Friedman, Professor Emeritus at Saybrook Graduate School,San Francisco, CA and Professor of Psychology (Courtesy) at University of Florida, Gainesville. Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, co-editor of The Humanistic Psychologist.

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