Turning the categories inside-out: Complex identifications and multiple interactions in religious ethnography

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  Ganiel, Gladys ^a   Mitchell, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646495139     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/67.1.3     Document Type: Article

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