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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Spickard, James V., author.

Title: Alternative sociologies of religion : through non-Western eyes / James V. Spickard.

Description: New York : New York University Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016041814| ISBN 9781479826636 (cl : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781479866311 (pb : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Religion and sociology. | Religions.

Classification: LCC BL60 .S6625 2016 | DDC 306.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016041814

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