Ethnic Church Meets Megachurch : Indian American Christianity in Motion
Winner, 2018 Section on Asia and Asian America Book Award presented by the American Sociological Association Traces the religious adaptation of members of an important Indian Christian church– the Mar Thoma denomination – as they make their way in the United States. This book exposes how a new parad...
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2017
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