Promises of (im)mediate salvation: Islam, broadcast media, and the remaking of religious experience in Mali

American Ethnologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-229

  Schulz, Dorothea E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Islam; Media; Public; Religious authority; Religious commodities; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746788918     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2006.33.2.210     Document Type: Article

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