"All Things Are Possible": Towards a Sociological Explanation of Pentecostal Miracles and Healings
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociology of Religion
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1069-4404,1759-8818
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srr019