Second comings: Neo-protestant ethics and millennial capitalism in Africa, and elsewhere

2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the ‘Commmon Era’

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 106-126

  Comaroff, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203398487-8     Document Type: Chapter

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