Religious Environmental Humanism in a Wounded World
Anthony Le Duc
In Religion, Culture, and Ecological Flourishing in Asian Contexts. Edited by Anthony Le Duc. Bangkok: ARC, 2025
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DOI: 10.62461/ALD110125
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