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- ↑ Sarah Sentilles (11 November 2011). "Breaking Up with God: I Didn't Lose My Faith, I Left It". Religion Dispatches .
- ↑ "The 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners, Finalists, and Judges". PEN America. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ↑ Sarah Sentilles. "Breaking Up with God, A Love Story - the new book by author Sarah Sentilles". . Archived from the original on 2012-11-15.
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