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CANONSUndergraduate  Journal  of  Religious  Studies

McGill  UniversityVol.  VIII

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!"#$#%FEATURING ESSAYS BY

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Mallory Hennigar Maxwell Lanocha

Kaitlin D’Avella

Laura Moncion Rachel RosenbluthJulia Yudelman

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFNatalie Gershtein

ASSOCIATE EDITORSAbbie Buckman

James Farr Ryan Healey

Mallory Hennigar Jasmine Lefresne Avian Tang

DESIGN EDITORRyan Healey

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