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Book Title: Peacemaking and Religious Violence : from Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Roger A. Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christian Theology / General, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Religious, Peace, Presidents & Heads of State, Religion, Politics & State
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Religion, Political Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 254 Pages
