Ways of reading as religious power in print globalization

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 509-520

  Kirsch, Thomas G ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Globalization; Literacy practices; Mission societies; Print media; Religious power; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547124066     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.3.509     Document Type: Article

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