NONOFFICIAL RELIGION IN SOUTH KOREA: PREVALENCE OF FORTUNETELLING AND OTHER FORMS OF DIVINATION.
Nonofficial religion, also called "folk," "common," or "popular" religion, refers to religious and quasi-religious beliefs and practices that are neither accepted nor controlled by official religious groups. As the religion of the general populace, nonofficial religion comprises such diverse element...
| Publicado en: | Review of Religious Research Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 284 - 303 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2005
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