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Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-08-18 - Publisher: JHU Press
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Pages: 350
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Language: en
Pages: 344
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-08-18 - Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 401
Pages: 401
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-02-03 - Publisher: Stanford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 262
Pages: 262
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press
Presents a historical and philosophical overview of the twentieth-century German debates on secularization, and their significance for contemporary discussions