‘IF YOU ARE A DEVIL, YOU ARE A WITCH AND, IF YOU ARE A WITCH, YOU ARE A DEVIL.’ THE INTEGRATION OF ‘PAGAN’ IDEAS INTO THE CONCEPTUAL UNIVERSE OF EWE CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEASTERN GHANA

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 98-132

  Meyer, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002777511     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006692X00400     Document Type: Article

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