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Book Title: What Is the Religious Life? from the Gospels to Aquinas
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Op Aidan Nichols
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Catholic
Publisher: Gracewing, The Limited
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 4.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
