Gender and change in an African immigrant church an anthropologist and a (former) prophetess reflect

African Immigrant Religions in America

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 158-181

  Crumbley, Deidre Helen ^a,b   Cline Smythe, Gloria Malake ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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