Lives-Long Learning: The Effects of Reincarnation Belief on Everyday Life in England

ABSTRACT: A sizeable minority of Westerners who have no particular connection with Eastern or New Age religions nevertheless claim to believe in reincarnation. Does this belief affect their practical morality and how they think about suffering and injustice? An interview study conducted in England m...

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Authors: Walter, Tony (Author) ; Waterhouse, Helen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2001
In: Nova religio
Year: 2001, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-101
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