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Power and religiosity in a post-colonial setting : Sinhala Catholics in contemporary Sri Lanka /
Over the past few decades a series of Catholic shrines have sprung up in Sri Lanka which draw hundreds of pilgrims. Although best known as centres for the exorcism of the demonically possessed, their miraculous efficacy also extends to helping people find jobs and preferment, and to alleviating suff...
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Format: | Printed Book |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1992.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ;
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MG University
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282.5493 STI/P |
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Copy | Live Status Unavailable |