Dressing in the stuff of dreams: Sacred dress and religious authority in southwestern Nigeria

Dreaming

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 120-135

  Renne, Elisha P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African independent churches; Dreams; Dress; Nigeria; Religious authority; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645655731     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.14.2-3.120     Document Type: Review

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