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“Places where one can experience some of that separation from the world of the familiar, to defamiliarize ourselves with what we take for granted and enter into the ebb and flow of another culture, it certainly is one of the more valuable things that we do as human beings.”

Quote by Diana L. Eck

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Diana L. Eck is a renowned scholar, born on July 5, 1945. Her research focuses on religious pluralism and cross-cultural communication, conducting in-depth studies on global religious phenomena. more

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