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‘The Holy Rollers are Invading Our Territory’: Southern Baptist Missionaries and the Early Years of Pentecostalism in Brazil

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‘The Holy Rollers are Invading Our Territory’: Southern Baptist Missionaries and the Early Years of Pentecostalism in Brazil. / Premack, Laura.
In: Journal of Religious History, Vol. 35, No. 1, 03.2011, p. 1-23.

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Premack L. ‘The Holy Rollers are Invading Our Territory’: Southern Baptist Missionaries and the Early Years of Pentecostalism in Brazil. Journal of Religious History. 2011 Mar;35(1):1-23. Epub 2011 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.00969.x

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