Questioning social security in the study of religion in Africa: The ambiguous meaning of the gift in African pentecostalism and Islam

Social Security in Religious Networks: Anthropological Perspectives on New Risks and Ambivalences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-127

  De Bruijn, Mirjam ^a   Van Dijk, Rijk ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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