Bibliography > Category > Religion and Spirituality

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Swedenburg, Ted.
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Turner, Richard Brent.
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Hemphill, Ronald Charles.
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Williams, Saul and Marcia Jones.
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Marre, Jeremy and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Mahotella Queens, Philip Tabane and Malombo, Juluka.
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Mazur, Eric Michael and McCarthy, Kate.
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Perry, Michael and Lee Ballard.
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Miyakawa, Felicia M.
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Smith, Efrem and Phil Jackson.
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Holder, Timothy .
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Pride, Felicia.
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Watkins, Ralph C. and Jason A. Barr Jr., Jamal-Harrison Bryant, William H. Curtis, Otis Moss III.
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Gutierrez, Eric.
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RZA and Chris Norris.
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