Economies of expectation: Men, marriage, and miracles in Kenya's religious marketplace

Consumption and Spirituality

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 144-161

  Dolan, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203106235     Document Type: Chapter

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