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Cover illustrations: (Front) ‘Yoni Canyon’, photograph taken by Dennis Alan Winters and used with permission; (Back) ‘Phallic Needle’, photograph taken by Dennis Alan Winters and used with permission.
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Names: Shining, Phil, editor. | Epple, Nicol Michelle, editor.
Title: Exploring sexuality and spirituality : an introduction to an interdisciplinary field / edited by Phil Shining and Nicol Michelle Epple.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2021. | Series: At the interface / probing the boundaries, 1570-7113 ; volume 132 | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020028860 (print) | LCCN 2020028861 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004430792 (paperback) | ISBN 9789004437869 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sex–Religious aspects. | Spirituality.
Classification: LCC BL65.S4 E945 2021 (print) | LCC BL65.S4 (ebook) | DDC 201/.61553–dc23
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ISSN 1570-7113
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