Does god exist in methodological atheism? On tanya lurhmann's when god talks back and bruno latour

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-52

  Bialecki, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology of religion; Bruno latour; Ontology; Pentecostal and charismatic christianity; Tanya luhrmann

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897863535     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12017     Document Type: Article

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