Selling God/saving souls: Religious commodities, spiritual markets and the media

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-76

  Thomas, Pradip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christian fundamentalism; Commodities; Market; Media; Pentecostalism; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953193060     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766508101314     Document Type: Review

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