The preacher paradigm: Promotional biographies and the modern-made evangelist

Religion and American Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-123

  Lofton, Kathryn E ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 60950299910     PISSN: 10521151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/rac.2006.16.1.95     Document Type: Article

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