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Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value by Julian Johnson
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Minority Warning
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement
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A Promising Dialogue
Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective edited by Bradley Nassif and Tim Grass
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A Tale Told by an Idiot
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