Becoming a pastor: Youth and social aspirations in Ghana

Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-278

  Lauterbach, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Generation; Ghana; Pentecostalism; Social mobility; Young pastors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954720711     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330881001800302     Document Type: Article

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