Pentecostalism in translation: Religion and the production of community in the Haitian diaspora

American Ethnologist

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-101

  Brodwin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benjami n; Haiti; Morality; Pentecostalism; Religion; Translation; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037311849     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2003.30.1.85     Document Type: Article

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