Negotiating marriage: Questions of morality and legitimacy in the Ghanaian Pentecostal diaspora

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 438-467

  Van Dijk, Rijk ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33750105914     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570066042564383     Document Type: Article

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