The Glyphomancy Factor: Observations on Chinese Conversion

Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on a Great Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 285-303

  Jordan, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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