Anthropology, Pentecostalism, and the new Paul: Conversion, event, and social transformation

South Atlantic Quarterly

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-652

  Robbins, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78049428864     PISSN: 00382876     EISSN: 15278026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00382876-2010-010     Document Type: Review

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