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Book Title: Tradition and the Modern WORLD : Reformed Theology in the Nineteenth Century
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: B. A. Gerrish
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Protestant, Christian Theology / Systematic, Christian Theology / General, Christianity / History, Christian Theology / History
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
