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  1. Department of Theology, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios N. Maragkoudakis

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Maragkoudakis, G.N. (2019). The Jesus Prayer. In: Leeming, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_200224-1

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