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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2016
1 For a charismatic overview of the history of healing within the churches see Kelsey, Morton T., Healing and Christianity in Ancient Thought and Modem Times (London 1973)Google Scholar. For an account of Pentecostalism see Hollenweger, Walter J., The Pentecostals (London 1972)Google Scholar. For an account of the Charismatic movement see Harrell, David E., All Things Are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America (Indiana 1976.)Google Scholar.
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