Mission impossible? Baptism and the politics of bible translation in the early Protestant mission in Bengal

History of Religions

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-233

  Brekke, Torkel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 61249226196     PISSN: 00182710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503714     Document Type: Review

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