Ariel Glucklich
Teoksen Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul tekijä
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Ariel Glucklich is a professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul, Climbing Chamundi Hill, and The Strides of Vishnu.
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The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence (Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion) (2011) — Avustaja — 14 kappaletta
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