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Imaginary Friends and Made-Up Stories: How to Explore (Non)Religious Imaginaries Without Asking Belief-Centred Questions Cover

Imaginary Friends and Made-Up Stories: How to Explore (Non)Religious Imaginaries Without Asking Belief-Centred Questions

By: Timothy Stacey  
Open Access
|Mar 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.125 | Journal eISSN: 2053-6712
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 24, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 17, 2020
Published on: Mar 5, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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