Crossing the boundary: New challenges to religious authority and control as a consequence of access to the internet

Religion and Cyberspace

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 67-85

  Barker, Eileen ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORM ^*  (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203003572     Document Type: Chapter

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