Kinship identity and nonformative spiritual seekership

Religion, Identity and Change: Perspectives on Global Transformations

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 191-206

  Wood, Matthew ^a  

^a The American International University in London   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315244716-17     Document Type: Chapter

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