Author: G. Scott Davis
Published Date: 07 Apr 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Format: Hardback| 246 pages
ISBN10: 0199583900
ISBN13: 9780199583904
File Name: Believing and Acting The Pragmatic Turn in Comparative Religion and Ethics.pdf
Dimension: 144x 223x 21mm| 430g
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