Magic, Science, Religion and the Scope of Rationality

@inproceedings{Luhrmann1991MagicSR,
  title={Magic, Science, Religion and the Scope of Rationality},
  author={Tanya Marie Luhrmann and Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah},
  year={1991}
}
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