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Women in Christian Traditions Rebecca Moore

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Author: Rebecca Moore
Date: 06 Mar 2015
Publisher: New York University Press
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Hardback::224 pages
ISBN10: 1479829617
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Dimension: 152x 229x 16mm::462.66g
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