Morality in the religious marketplace: Evangelical christianity, candomblé, and the struggle for moral distinction in Brazil

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-307

  Selka, Stephen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Candombl ; Christianity; Morality; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952716054     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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