From self-reliant churches to self-governing communities: Comparing the indigenization of Christianity and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-416

  McGinnis, Michael D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050841474     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557570701574089     Document Type: Article

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