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Book Title: Saving the Overlooked Continent : American Protestant Missions in Western Europe, 1940-1975
Item Length: 9.4in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6.8in
Author: Hans Krabbendam
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Protestant, Christianity / History
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
