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Book Title: Hope in the Thought of Jacques Ellul
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Lawrence J. Terlizzese
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Personal Growth / General, Christian Theology / General, Christianity / History, Christian Theology / History, Christian Church / General, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Self-Help, Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
