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The Democratic Virtues, our Common Life and the Common School: Trust in Democracy: Anabaptists, Italian Americans, and Solidarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2015

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Law, Religion and Ethics Symposium
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Copyright © Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University 2005

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