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Book Title: People's Zion : Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic, Christian Church / History, Africa / South / General, Healing / Prayer & Spiritual, Jewish, Sociology of Religion
Item Height: 1.2 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Joel Cabrita
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
