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WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN? PERSPECTIVES FROM STUDIES OF PNEUMATIC CHRISTIANITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2012

David Maxwell
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Africa , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 479 - 491
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Copyright © International African Institute 2012

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