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Christian Outside the Church: Exploring Prevenient Grace Through Simone Weil

By: Wan-Yin Lim  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 104 - 118
Published on: Oct 21, 2025
Published by: Wesley House, Cambridge
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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