The globalization of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 117-143

  Robbins, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Modernity; Pentecostalism; Religion

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; MODERNITY; RELIGION;

EID: 9144242976     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093421     Document Type: Article

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