‘Tongues of fire’ in the pentecostal imagination: The truth of glossolalia in light of R.C. Neville’s Theory of religious symbolism

Journal of Pentecostal Theology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 39-65

  Yong, Amos ^a,b,c  

^a Portland State University ^*  (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84969202770     PISSN: 09667369     EISSN: 17455251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096673699800601203     Document Type: Article

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