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Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva

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Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva. / Greaney, Michael.
In: Theology and Sexuality, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2008, p. 293-304.

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Greaney, M 2008, 'Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva', Theology and Sexuality, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355835808091420

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Greaney, M. (2008). Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva. Theology and Sexuality, 14(3), 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355835808091420

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Greaney M. Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva. Theology and Sexuality. 2008;14(3):293-304. doi: 10.1177/1355835808091420

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Greaney, Michael. / Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva. In: Theology and Sexuality. 2008 ; Vol. 14, No. 3. pp. 293-304.

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