'The mind of Christ': Financial success, born-again personhood, and the anthropology of Christianity

Ethnos

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-338

  Bielo, James S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Evangelicalism; Personhood; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548420195     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840701576935     Document Type: Article

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