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Cover illustration: Crucifix with seated Buddha. National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Study Collection, Gift of Anonymous donor, FSC-M-67.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stünkel, Knut Martin, 1971– author.
Title: Key concepts in the study of religions in contact / by Knut Martin Stünkel.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Dynamics in the history of religions, 1878-8106 ; volume 15 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024045796 (print) | LCCN 2024045797 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004516267 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004714908 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Religions—Study and teaching—History. | Religions—Relations—History.
Classification: LCC BL41 .S838 2025 (print) | LCC BL41 (ebook) | DDC 201/.5—dc23/eng/20241114
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024045796
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024045797
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ISSN 1878-8106
ISBN 978-90-04-51626-7 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-71490-8 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004714908
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