The 'plain' and the 'positive': Ritual, experience and aesthetics in quakerism and charismatic christianity

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-329

  Coleman, Simon ^a   Collins, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61149328011     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713676041     Document Type: Article

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