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The Boundaries of Faith

John C. Hirsh Β· 1996
65/100
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For medievalists, Hirsh's textual breadth across devotional and literary traditions is genuinely impressive, and Brill's Studies in the History of Christian Thought series sets a high bar for scholarly credibility. The nine chapters are loosely connected rather than building toward a unified argument, limiting its usefulness as more than an essay collection β€” and outside the academic specialist, this is simply inaccessible.

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