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Being Buddhist in a Christian World : Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple. Sharon A. Suh
- Author: Sharon A. Suh
- Date: 01 Mar 2004
- Publisher: University of Washington Press
- Original Languages: English
- Book Format: Hardback::256 pages
- ISBN10: 0295983787
- ISBN13: 9780295983783
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