Women of Fire and Spirit: Faith, History, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya

Women of Fire and Spirit: Faith, History, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-288

  Hoehler Fatton, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Christian; Church; Holy Spirit movement; Life narratives; Oral histories; Roho religion; Western Kenya; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939529283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195097900.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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