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“They Just Don’t Stand for Nothing”: LGBT Christians’ Definitions of Non-Religious Others Cover

“They Just Don’t Stand for Nothing”: LGBT Christians’ Definitions of Non-Religious Others

By: J E Sumerau  
Open Access
|Aug 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.19 | Journal eISSN: 2053-6712
Language: English
Published on: Aug 8, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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