Neo-calligraphy: Religious authority and media technology in contemporary Shiite Islam

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-383

  Clarke, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; MASS MEDIA; RELIGION;

EID: 77956331178     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417510000071     Document Type: Article

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