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New Lives of the Saints

New Lives of the Saints

Rod Giblett

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2019
Materia
Historia natural
ISBN:
9780761871248
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New Lives of the Saints presents for the first time the works and work of many environmental apostles. It delights and inspires the reader to begin or continue to lead a life of environmental action for conservation and contemplation of nature for spiritual succor in the age of climate change.

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