Discerning urban spiritualities: Tahrir Square, Occupy Wall Street and the idols of global market capitalism
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عنوان ژورنال: Verbum et Ecclesia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2074-7705,1609-9982
DOI: 10.4102/ve.v36i1.1355