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13 - Life in the Universe, Incarnation and Salvation: A Conversation between Christianity and the Scientific Possibilities of Extra Terrestrial Life

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2017

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Juan Pablo Marrufo del Toro,
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Andreas Losch
Andreas Losch
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
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What is Life? On Earth and Beyond , pp. 260 - 286
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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