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January 1, 1981Journal of the American Academy of Religion

A Behavioral Approach to the Sacred: Category Formation in Religious Studies

W. Richard Comstock

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A Behavioral Approach to the Sacred: Category Formation in Religious Studies Get access W. Richard Comstock W. Richard Comstock W. Richard Comstock is Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Study of Religion and Primitive Religions and numerous articles in the fields of theology and philosophy of religion. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIX, Issue 4, December 1981, Pages 625–643, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLIX.4.625 Published: 01 December 1981

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