The soul freed of cares?: Islamic prayer, subjectivity, and the contradictions of moral selfhood in Minangkabau, Indonesia

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-275

  Simon, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76449101731     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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