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Just Politics

A Guide for Christian Engagement

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Just Politics

A Guide for Christian Engagement

By: Ronald J. Sider

Evangelicals today probably have more political influence in the United States than at any time in the last century--but they might not be certain what to do with it. It has been difficult to develop a unified voice on pressing issues such as social justice and moral renewal. Bestselling author and theologian Ron Sider offers a biblically grounded, factually rooted, Christian approach to politics that cuts across ideological divides. Shaped by a careful study of society, this book will guide readers into more thoughtful and effective political activity. It addresses perennially tough questions that often divide the church and includes a case study of the federal deficit debate. Practical, balanced, and nonpartisan, this book will be a welcome resource during the 2012 presidential race. This is a revised version of what was previously published as The Scandal of Evangelical Politics.

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1441239820

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Just Generosity

A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Just Generosity

A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

By: Ronald J. Sider

Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook those among us who suffer while we live in practical opulence. This holistic approach to helping the poor goes far beyond donating clothes or money, envisioning a world in which faith-based groups work with businesses, the media, and the government to help end poverty in the world's richest nation. This updated edition includes current statistics, policy recommendations, and discussions covering everything from welfare reform, changes to Medicade, and the Social Security debate. "Sider's most important book since Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger."--Jim Wallis, author, God's Politics "Sider knows how to lift up people in need.... [An] important and challenging book."--John Ashcroft, former Attorney General of the United States

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1441201629

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Moving from Affluence to Generosity

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Moving from Affluence to Generosity

By: Ronald J. Sider

In an age obsessed with wealth, Christians seem to have forgotten that scripture encourages believers to give to the poor. Why do 1.3 billion people live in abject poverty? And what should Christians do about it? Despite a dramatic reduction in world hunger, 34,000 children still die daily of starvation and preventable disease, and 1.3 billion people around the world remain in abject poverty. Dr. Ron Sider, a professor of theology, examines the issues of poverty and hunger in modern society. While the Bible is full of instructions to care for the poor and warns against being seduced by riches, it’s been statistically proven that the richer countries become, the less they give. Finding that conservatives blame what they consider to be morally reprehensible individual choices, and liberals blame what they believe to be constrictive social and economic policy, Dr. Sider finds himself agreeing with both sides. First published in 1978, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger has had an enormous impact on how believers (and churches) view questions of poverty and hunger. Dr. Sider’s insights provide a compelling look at what it truly means to follow Christ. This edition of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger is: Newly revised, expanded and updated Listed as one of the 100 most influential books in religion in the 20th century A resource for Christians seeking to overcome poverty and change the economic structures of our world In this fresh look at an age-old problem, Dr. Sider offers a detailed explanation of the causes of poverty and hunger, as well as a comprehensive series of practical solutions for Christians who want to seriously pursue their faith and become better followers of Jesus.

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Thomas Nelson

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Just Politics

A Guide for Christian Engagement

By: Ronald J. Sider

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A Guide for Christian Engagement

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Good News and Good Works

A Theology for the Whole Gospel

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Good News and Good Works

A Theology for the Whole Gospel

By: Ronald J. Sider

Concerned to promote an authentic, biblical faith, this book suggests ways to combine evangelism with social action for effective witness in today's world.

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1585583677

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Churches That Make a Difference

Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works

By: Ronald J. Sider,Philip N. Olson,Heidi Rolland Unruh

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Churches That Make a Difference

Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works

By: Ronald J. Sider,Philip N. Olson,Heidi Rolland Unruh

Churches over the past generations have been weakened by a failure to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. Many have adopted a narrow vision, focusing on only one aspect of ministry. But in today's environment of faith-based opportunities many Christians are eager to start reaching out to their world with both Good News and good works, and therefore they are searching for appropriate ways to integrate both into their ministry. In Churches That Make a Difference, best-selling author Ron Sider and his coauthors give those involved in community outreach a comprehensive resource for developing holistic ministry--a balance of evangelism and social outreach. Illustrations and helpful organizational tips detail the how-to's of an effective holistic ministry. Case studies that show how different churches across the United States reach out to their communities provide a variety of ideas and practical applications. User-friendly tools are included as well for congregational studies, surveys, evaluations, and community assessments. The authors draw on extensive experience with church ministries and faith-based organizations as they share the life-changing vision and biblical mandate for living the whole gospel. Church leaders will be encouraged in their process of developing and maintaining a holistic ministry, and local churches will rediscover a passion for loving the whole person the way Jesus did.

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1585582190

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Preaching the Gospel

Collected Sermons on Discipleship, Mission, Peace, Justice, and the Sacraments

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Preaching the Gospel

Collected Sermons on Discipleship, Mission, Peace, Justice, and the Sacraments

By: Ronald J. Sider

This collection of Ron Sider’s sermons and speeches delivered in his lifetime of global ministry capture the essence of his theology, ethics, and mission. It moves from stirring personal occasions (his sermon at his dad’s funeral) to challenging calls for racial and economic justice (his influential, prophetic speech in apartheid South Africa in 1979). These sermons reflect his passion for both evangelism and social action, both personal holiness and just politics, both faithful congregations and just, peaceful societies. These short, gripping sermons convey the essence of what he has written elsewhere in dozens of books. This collection offers a highly readable, powerful summary of Sider’s central ideas.

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Saving Souls, Serving Society

Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry

By: Heidi Rolland Unruh,Ronald J. Sider

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Saving Souls, Serving Society

Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry

By: Heidi Rolland Unruh,Ronald J. Sider

As public funding for social services has been slashed, there has arisen an unprecedented interest in the potential (and dangers) of faith-based institutions as agents of social change. This text seeks to answer pressing questions surrounding this important and controversial issue.

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Just Generosity

A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

By: Ronald J. Sider

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A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

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The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience

Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?

By: Ronald J. Sider

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The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience

Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?

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Ron Sider asserts that "by their daily activity, most 'Christians' regularly commit treason. With their mouths they claim that Jesus is their Lord, but with their actions they demonstrate their allegiance to money, sex, and personal self-fulfillment." In this candid and challenging book, Sider addresses an embarrassing reality: most Christians' lives are no different from the lives of their secular neighbors. Hedonism, materialism, racism, egotism, and many other undesirable traits are commonplace among Christians. Rather than simply a book bemoaning the state of American Christianity today, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience offers readers solutions to repair the disconnect between belief and practice. While it's not easy medicine to take, this book is a much-needed prophetic call to transformed living.

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Moving from Affluence to Generosity

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Moving from Affluence to Generosity

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Completely Pro-Life

Building a Consistent Stance on Abortion, The Family, Nuclear Weapons, The Poor

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Completely Pro-Life

Building a Consistent Stance on Abortion, The Family, Nuclear Weapons, The Poor

By: Ronald J. Sider

The Sanctity of Human Life is Under Attack. Unborn Children Are Destroyed. The Poor Go Hungry. Families Are Broken Up. We Are All Endangered By Nuclear War. To be completely pro-life means to defend human life wherever it is threatened. Ron Sider provides a consistent vision of what it means to be pro-life. He cuts through party lines by holding fast to Scripture wherever it leads. The result is a refreshing and truly biblical stance on many current and vitally important issues. With the help of the staff of Evangelicals for Social Action, Sider gives us concrete steps to help change our world.

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Nonviolent Action

What Christian Ethics Demands but Most Christians Have Never Really Tried

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Nonviolent Action

What Christian Ethics Demands but Most Christians Have Never Really Tried

By: Ronald J. Sider

There are numerous examples throughout history of effective nonviolent action. Nonviolent protesters defied the Soviet Empire's communist rulers, Gandhi's nonviolent revolution defeated the British Empire, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s peaceful civil-rights crusade changed American history. Recent scholarship shows that nonviolent revolutions against injustice and dictatorship are actually more successful than violent campaigns. In this book, noted theologian and bestselling author Ron Sider argues that the search for peaceful alternatives to violence is not only a practical necessity in the wake of the twentieth century--the most bloody in human history--but also a moral demand of the Christian faith. He presents compelling examples of how nonviolent action has been practiced in history and in current social-political situations to promote peace and oppose injustice, showing that this path is a successful and viable alternative to violence.

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1441221719

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Living Like Jesus

Eleven Essentials for Growing a Genuine Faith

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Living Like Jesus

Eleven Essentials for Growing a Genuine Faith

By: Ronald J. Sider

How would Jesus have us act in today's world? Living Like Jesus explores eleven basic yet profound ideals that spell the difference between nominal Christianity and the incredible power of the authentic gospel. Ronald Sider challenges us to reexamine our commitment and return to the basics of faith, exploring the impact this will have on our relationships--with God, others, the church, our society, and our world.

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Linking Arms, Linking Lives

How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities

By: Ronald J. Sider,John Perkins,F. Albert Tizon

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Linking Arms, Linking Lives

How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities

By: Ronald J. Sider,John Perkins,F. Albert Tizon

Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class, comfortable, upwardly mobile suburban Christian mix fact and fiction. Linking Arms, Linking Lives looks beyond stereotypes and makes a compelling case for partnership that crosses urban and suburban for effective ministry among the poor. Drawing from a growing network of development practitioners, pastors, and theologians, this book focuses on the experiences of partnership between urban and suburban entities to provide both theological foundations and practical guidelines for those who desire to partner effectively. All who want to find viable ways to help the poor will welcome this thoughtful and hope-filled book. Includes a Foreword by Noel Castellanos.

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1441201874

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Fixing the Moral Deficit

A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Fixing the Moral Deficit

A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget

By: Ronald J. Sider

The national deficit is certainly a crisis. But alongside it a moral deficit is exploding as well. Some want to unjustly thrust the burden of the debt on our grandchildren. Others want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. But both plans are morally bankrupt. There is a way--a realistic way, a moral way--to fix the deficit. We can break political gridlock with solutions that stand on a foundation of solid values and fair play. If you are tired of politics as usual that fails to operate as if people mattered, take heart in Ron Sider's balanced, practical approach. Consistent with deeply Christian principles, he offers a way forward that truly provides justice for all.

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0830869735

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If Jesus Is Lord

Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence

By: Ronald J. Sider

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If Jesus Is Lord

Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence

By: Ronald J. Sider

What does Jesus have to say about violence, just war, and killing? Does Jesus ever want his disciples to kill in order to resist evil and promote peace and justice? This book by noted theologian and bestselling author Ronald J. Sider provides a career capstone statement on biblical peacemaking. Sider makes a strong case for the view that Jesus calls his disciples to love, and never kill, their enemies. He explains that there are never only two options: to kill or to do nothing in the face of tyranny and brutality. There is always a third possibility: vigorous, nonviolent resistance. If we believe that Jesus is Lord, then we disobey him when we set aside what he taught about killing and ignore his command to love our enemies. This thorough, comprehensive treatment of a topic of perennial concern vigorously engages with the just war tradition and issues a challenge to all Christians, especially evangelicals, to engage in biblical peacemaking. The book includes a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas.

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1493418262

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The Future of Our Faith

An Intergenerational Conversation on Critical Issues Facing the Church

By: Ronald J. Sider,Ben Lowe

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The Future of Our Faith

An Intergenerational Conversation on Critical Issues Facing the Church

By: Ronald J. Sider,Ben Lowe

Younger Christians are leaving the church in droves, frustrated and disillusioned by the track record of American Christianity. Older Christians, who still lead most churches, are concerned about this trend. But the generations don't see eye to eye on many things. Here two evangelical leaders forty years apart in age discuss some of the biggest issues challenging Christianity today and into the future, such as marriage, homosexuality, creation care, and politics. The authors model and cultivate an intentional, charitable, and much-needed intergenerational dialogue. Each chapter includes sidebar reflections from notable Christian leaders and individual and small group study questions.

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Cup of Water, Bread of Life

Inspiring Stories about Overcoming Lopsided Christianity

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Cup of Water, Bread of Life

Inspiring Stories about Overcoming Lopsided Christianity

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Christ, the Bread of Life, taught that if we give a cup of water to the thirsty, we are actually giving it to Him. Yet all too often, Christian organizations will fall into a one-sided mission. In Cup of Water, Bread of Life, Ron Sider documents ten ministries worldwide that help the poor and oppressed, and integrate much needed social action with evangelism. He focuses on key members of these missions, showing how they have learned from their past mistakes and how they are now impacting the world, both in word and in deed.

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1608999572

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Andreas Bodenstein Von Karlstadt

The Development of His Thought, 1517-1525

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Andreas Bodenstein Von Karlstadt

The Development of His Thought, 1517-1525

By: Ronald J. Sider

One of the important trends in more recent Reformation scholarship has been the extensive attention given the major "secondary" Reformers who aided and abetted, and sometimes challenged and infuriated, Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin. This book, which began as a doctoral dissertation at Yale University, is an attempt to elucidate the thought of one of the most important of these "Reformers in the wings." - Preface.

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9004038965

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Christ and Violence

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Christ and Violence

By: Ronald J. Sider

This book offers a challenge to conservative, liberal, and in-between Christians, as well as persons who do not call themselves Christians but have some interest in what the Christian movement is about. To state the extremes, both those persons who think they can have Christ without pacifism and those who think they can have pacifism without Christ will have to think again after reading Christ and Violence.... The time is right for a sweeping reappraisal of the church's teaching on violence. A mountain of nuclear stockpiles on the one hand and an ocean of revolutionary violence on the other converge in our time to make the question of violence the most urgent Christian issue facing this generation.... What about violence? Certain political/economic philosophies, including communism and capitalism, have made clear their answer to that question in the arms race which now engulfs the world. Will Christians have anything different to say or anything better to offer? Ron Sider says they can and they should. John K. Stoner in the Introduction

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Non-violence

The Invincible Weapon?

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Non-violence

The Invincible Weapon?

By: Ronald J. Sider

In Non-Violence: The Invincible Weapon? Ron Sider reports history, right out of the pages of the twentieth century -such as the success of the Filipino revolution in the 1980s. "What exists is possible," he asserts. "Non-violent resistance requires discipline, training, and a willingness to face death. It produces the collective pride in the group or society that successfully stands together and overcomes a brutal foe, as in the Philippines. Where are the tough, brave volunteers for that kind of costly, demanding battle?"-- Back cover.

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0849931657

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Genuine Christianity

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Genuine Christianity

By: Ronald J. Sider

What core beliefs make Christianity different from secular culture? And how can the witness of modern Christians impact that culture? An apologist who has observed both secular and church culture, Sider presents 13 basic yet profound statements that will affirm--and strengthen--the biblical beliefs of every Christian as we enter the 21st century.

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0310201780

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9780310201786

Speak Your Peace

What the Bible Says about Loving Our Enemies

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Speak Your Peace

What the Bible Says about Loving Our Enemies

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Is nonviolence irresponsible? Is peacemaking naïve? From one of the most respected and prophetic voices in Christianity today comes Speak Your Peace. Ronald J. Sider, author of the influential Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, plumbs Scripture, building a persuasive case that Jesus meant what he said when he commanded us to love our enemies. With candor and logic, Sider takes on enduring questions about violence and nonviolence, showing how the contemporary church in a warring world has largely set aside Jesus’ call to love our enemies and traded its birthright in Christ for a stew of nationalism and militarism. But ignoring what Jesus said about killing is a huge theological mistake. Returning us to the inescapable call of the Son of God, Sider reminds the church of its true vocation in a world of hatred and war.

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Christ and Violence

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Completely Pro-Life

Building a Consistent Stance on Abortion, The Family, Nuclear Weapons, The Poor

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Building a Consistent Stance on Abortion, The Family, Nuclear Weapons, The Poor

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If Jesus Is Lord

Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence

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Preaching the Gospel

Collected Sermons on Discipleship, Mission, Peace, Justice, and the Sacraments

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Collected Sermons on Discipleship, Mission, Peace, Justice, and the Sacraments

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This collection of Ron Sider's sermons and speeches delivered in his lifetime of global ministry capture the essence of his theology, ethics, and mission. It moves from stirring personal occasions (his sermon at his dad's funeral) to challenging calls for racial and economic justice (his influential, prophetic speech in apartheid South Africa in 1979). These sermons reflect his passion for both evangelism and social action, both personal holiness and just politics, both faithful congregations and just, peaceful societies. These short, gripping sermons convey the essence of what he has written elsewhere in dozens of books. This collection offers a highly readable, powerful summary of Sider's central ideas.

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