'Experiencing' alpha: Finding and embodying the spirit and being transformed - Empowerment and control in a ('Charismatic') Christian worldview

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-108

  Watling, Tony ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34347300715     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353790052000313927     Document Type: Article

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