Finding Jesus in the holy land and taking him to China: Chinese temporary migrant workers in Israel converting to evangelical christianity

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-156

  Kalir, Barak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Chinese migrants; Christianity; Israel; Modernity; Religious conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950742163     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp027     Document Type: Article

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