Ritual Infrastructure: Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions

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Ritual Infrastructure : Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions. / Sjørslev, Inger.

I: Cambridge Anthropology, Bind 35, Nr. 2, 30.12.2017, s. 65-78.

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Sjørslev, I 2017, 'Ritual Infrastructure: Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions', Cambridge Anthropology, bind 35, nr. 2, s. 65-78. https://doi.org/10.3167/cja.2017.350206

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Sjørslev, I. (2017). Ritual Infrastructure: Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions. Cambridge Anthropology, 35(2), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.3167/cja.2017.350206

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Sjørslev I. Ritual Infrastructure: Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions. Cambridge Anthropology. 2017 dec. 30;35(2):65-78. https://doi.org/10.3167/cja.2017.350206

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Sjørslev, Inger. / Ritual Infrastructure : Roads to Certainty in Two Brazilian Religions. I: Cambridge Anthropology. 2017 ; Bind 35, Nr. 2. s. 65-78.

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