Del 278 - Proceedings of the British Academy
Religion, Spirituality, and Public Health
- Nyhet
Competing and Complementary Epistemes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-10-21
- Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieProceedings of the British Academy
- Antal sidor298
- FörlagLiverpool University Press
- ISBN9781836245643