Race lynching and christian evangelicalism: Performances of faith

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 276-301

  Ehrenhaus, Peter ^a   Owen, A Susan ^b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Christian evangelicalism; Lynching; Race; Ritual sacrifice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862598357     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1046293042000312779     Document Type: Article

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