Aesthetics of persuasion: Global Christianity and Pentecostalism's sensational forms

South Atlantic Quarterly

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-763

  Meyer, Birgit ^a,b,c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b International African Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c VU Institute for the Study of Religion Culture and Society   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78049418122     PISSN: 00382876     EISSN: 15278026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00382876-2010-015     Document Type: Review

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