Words upon the word: An ethnography of evangelical group Bible study

Words upon the Word: An Ethnography of Evangelical Group Bible Study

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-186

  Bielo, James S ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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