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Book Title: Hearing Things : Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Leigh Eric Schmidt
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Protestant, Christianity / Methodist, Christian Church / History, General, Christianity / General, History
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 15.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
