M/E/A/N/I/N/G : an anthology of artists' writings, theory, and criticism /

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The Dead Sea scrolls : and the personages of earliest Christianity / by Palumbo, Arthur E.

Table of Contents: “…Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? -- The baptism of John -- John's food and dress -- The first ones -- Zadok -- John the Baptist -- Dositheus -- James the Righteous -- The hymn scroll -- The Kittim -- The lion of wrath -- Herod, Agrippa I, and, Agrippa II -- The coming visitation -- Khirbet Qumran and the scrolls -- The family of Jesus -- Microletters -- The trial and crucifixion of Jesus -- The hypothesis -- The slavonic Josephus -- The fate of the son of Joseph -- Simon Magus -- Saul, Paul, the pillars, and the Twelve -- The creation of Christianity.…”
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The banalization of nihilism : twentieth-century responses to meaninglessness / by Carr, Karen Leslie

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Calvin in context / by Steinmetz, David Curtis

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Calvin -- Calvin and the natural knowledge of God -- Calvin and the absolute power of God -- Calvin and the first commandment -- Calvin and Aabraham -- Calvin and Tamar -- Calvin and Isaiah -- Calvin and the divided self of Romans 7 -- Calvin and patristic exegesis -- Calvin among the Thomists -- Calvin and the baptism of John -- Calvin and his Lutheran critics -- Calvin and the monastic ideal -- Calvin and the civil magistrate -- The judaizing Calvin -- Calvin and the Jews -- Calvin and the ancient philosophers -- The scholastic Calvin -- Calvin and the irrepressible spirit -- Concluding observations.…”
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The Shiloh campaign /

Table of Contents: “…Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. …”
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Native Americans, Christianity, and the reshaping of the American religious landscape /

Table of Contents: “…Winiarski -- Blood, fire, and "baptism" : three perspectives on the death of Jean de Brébeuf, seventeenth-century Jesuit "martyr" / Emma Anderson -- The Catholic rosary, gendered practice, and female power in French-Indian spiritual encounters / Tracy Neal Leavelle -- The souls of Highlanders, the salvation of Indians : Scottish mission and eighteenth-century British empire / Laura M. …”
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Serbian orthodox fundamentals : the quest for an eternal identity / by Mylonas, Christos

Table of Contents: “…Orthodoxy and Serbian national identity -- Synopsis -- Introduction -- The "doctrinal" content of orthodoxy -- The creation of man in the "image and likeness of God" -- The triune God: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit -- The "functional" "cultus" content of orthodoxy -- The role of the orthodox liturgy -- The "normative" expressions of orthodoxy -- Baptism and chrismation -- The Eucharist -- The holy matrimony of marriage -- Orthodox iconography -- Serbian orthodoxy -- The foundations of the Serbian orthodoxy -- Orthodoxy as the sacralisation of the Serbian identity -- Krsna slava -- The religious (non) affinity of the Serbs -- Conclusion -- 3. …”
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