Claims-Making and typifications of voodoo as a deviant religion: Hex, lies, and videotape

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-579

  Bartkowski, John P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/1388141     Document Type: Article

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