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A Religious Object Medley

Objects as Signifiers of the Values, Beliefs, and Practices of Servant Leaders

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I am Theresa Chisanga, an academic with specialisation in linguistics and English language studies, a researcher with a research bias in sociolinguistics, a head of department, and a former university chaplain for Catholic students at a South African university.

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  1. Department of Arts, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

    Chisanga Theresa

  2. School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Naicker Inbanathan

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  2. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan

  3. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Inbanathan Naicker

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Theresa, C., Inbanathan, N. (2017). A Religious Object Medley. In: Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I. (eds) Object Medleys. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-194-0_13

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