A cross-cultural study of the characteristic physical surroundings (cf. Barker's
Behaviour Settings Theory, 1971) of sacred sites, using the HRAF files. Cultures
with benevolent gods are found to have fewer, better defined and more accessible,
but less visible shrines than cultures with primarily malevolent gods.
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