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Original Articles

Pentecostal Apocalypticism: hate speech, contested citizenship, and religious discourses on same-sex relations in Nigeria

Pages 633-649 | Received 09 Oct 2017, Accepted 05 Mar 2018, Published online: 18 Jul 2018

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