Towards complete clarity: Bible study among Seventh-day Adventists in Madagascar

Ethnos

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-112

  Keller, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Belief; Bible; Fundamentalism; Madagascar; Seventh day Adventism

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642547442     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014184042000191843     Document Type: Article

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