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Thobaben, J.R. (2006). Holy Knowing: A Wesleyan Epistemology. In: Cherry, M.J. (eds) The death of metaphysics; the death of culture. Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4621-9_5

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