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Sponsel, L.E. (2016). Spiritual Ecology. In: Leeming, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_9295-6

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    Spiritual Ecology
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_9295-6

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