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Alda Balthrop-Lewis

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Alda Balthrop-Lewis is an Associate Professor at Florida State University, where she teaches ethics in the Religion Department.

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Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism

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Stone Yard Devotional

by Charlotte Wood (Goodreads Author)

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The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music (Brown Thrasher Books)

by Buell E. Cobb Jr.

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The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

by Mary Claire Haver

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