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Converted Gods: Lives and Travels of Asante Abosom and Asuman Figures. 皈依的神：阿散蒂·阿波索姆和阿散蒂的生活和旅行。

IF 0.4 3区哲学

Material Religion Pub Date : 2025-07-11 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2025.2505321

Marleen de Witte

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Unpacking Missionary Collections. 打开传教士的收藏。

IF 0.4 3区哲学

Material Religion Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2025.2505307

Birgit Meyer, Peter Pels

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Distance to home does not influence treatment success during and after inpatient treatment in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. 离家距离不影响青少年神经性厌食症住院治疗期间和之后的治疗成功

IF 6.4 3区哲学

Material Religion Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2022-06-08 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-022-02013-7

Adrian Meule, David R Kolar, Silke Naab, Ulrich Voderholzer

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The Curious Case of the Condom: How the Secular Matters in the Netherlands 安全套的奇特案例:世俗在荷兰的重要性

IF 0.4 3区哲学

Material Religion Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2023.2249391

J. Wiering