Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures

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Religion in Southeast Asia : an encyclopedia of faiths and cultures / Jesudas M. Athyal, editor.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–1–61069–249–6 (hardback) — ISBN 978–1–61069–250–2 (ebook)

1. Southeast Asia—Religion—Encyclopedias. I. Athyal, Jesudas, 1957– editor.

BL2050.R43 2015

200.959′03—dc23 2014038752

ISBN: 978–1–61069–249–6

EISBN: 978–1–61069–250–2

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