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Book Title: How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind : Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Christian Theology / History, Ethnic & Tribal, Christianity / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Thomas C. Oden
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
