Drugs and Religion: Contributions to the Debate on the Science-Religion Interface

In this article, we present the results of our research, which aims to comprehend how the relationship between religion and the use of drugs operates in various contexts, but especially in the context of a prohibitionist paradigm. On the one hand, the story of human religious worship entails drug us...

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Authors: Lopes, Orivaldo (Author) ; Costa, Janaína (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-13
Further subjects:B Drugs
B Science and religion
B religion and drugs
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