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Book Title: Catholic Revolution : New Wine, Old Wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Andrew Greeley
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity / Catholic, Christianity / General
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 237 Pages
