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The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, edited by Ken Parry, David J. Melling, Dimitri Brady, Sidney H. Griffith, and John F. Henley, 1999, Blackwell
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Acts of the Apostles;
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Afterdeath*;
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David*;
Dead Sea Scrolls*;
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El*;
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Letter to the Ephesians*;
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Gospel of Mark;
Matthew, Gospel of or
Gospel of Matthew;
Moab;
Moses*;
Music or
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Nag Hammadi*;
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Book of Nehemiah*;
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Paul*;
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Phoenicia*;
Poetry;
Pottery*;
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Prophet or
Prophecy*;
Proverbs, Book of or
Book of Proverbs*;
Psalms, Book of or
Book of Psalms;
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Revelation, Book of or
Book of Revelation*;
Romans, Letter to the or
Letter to the Romans*;
Rome*;
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Sacrifices and
Offerings*;
Samaria*;
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Books of Samuel*;
Shechem (place)*;
Sin*;
Solomon*;
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Temple*;
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Time*;
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Ugarit;
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Weights and measures*;
Wisdom and
Wisdom literature*;
Writing* – List of Scripts of the Bible, the ancient versions and their antecedents;
The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Editors Erwin Fahlbusch et al, Eerdmans/Brill, 1999
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Historiography*;
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Marginalized groups*;
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Gospel of Mark*;
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Devotion to Mary*;
Mary in the New Testament*;
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Music for the Mass*;
Meaning*;
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Gospel parallels and gospel harmonies*;
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Accounts of the Passion*;
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Priesthood*;
Primeval history (Genesis 1-11)*;
Process philosophy*;
Process theology*;
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Property*;
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Prophecy*;
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Psalms*;
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Psychoanalysis*;
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Walter Rauschenbusch;
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Right of resistance*;
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Justice*;
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Romania*;
Romans, Epistle to the or
Epistle to the Romans*;
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Rome*;
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Russian Orthodox Church*;
Rwanda*;
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Sabbath*;
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Veneration of saints*;
Salvation*;
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Sanctification*;
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Scriptural proof*;
Seafarer's Mission*;
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Sermon on the Mount*;
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Sunnis*;
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Syria*;
Syriac Orthodox Church*;
Systematic theology*;
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Temple*;
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Theology in the 19th and 20th centuries*;
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Theosis*;
Thessalonians, Epistles to the or
Epistles to the Thessalonians*;
Third World*;
Third World theology*;
Thirty Years' War*;
Thirty-nine Articles*;
Thomism*;
Time and eternity*;
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Tradition*;
Trent, Council of or
Council of Trent*;
Tribes of Israel*;
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Two-kingdoms doctrine*;
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Universalists*;
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Vatican I and Vatican II*;
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Viet Nam or
Vietnam*;
W. A. Visser ۥt Hooft*;
Vocation*;
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Waldenses*;
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William of Ockham*;
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Wrath of God*;
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Youth work*;
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Montenegro and
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Zaire or
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Zambia*;
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Zionism*;
Zwingli's theology*;
Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations, 2nd edition, by Tanya Gulevich, Omnigraphics, 2003, ISBN 0-7808-0625-5.
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Advent or
Christmas Lent or
Little Lent or
St. Philip's Lent or
Winter Lent*;
America, Christmas in colonial or
Christmas in colonial America*;
America, Christmas in Nineteenth Century or
Christmas in Nineteenth Century America*;
Angels*;
Auld Lang Syne*;
Australia, Christmas in or
Christmas in Australia*;
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Bells*;
Berchta or
Bertha or
Frau Gaude or
Hertha or
Holda or
Holde or
Holle or
Perchta*;
Bethlehem*;
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Christmas in or
Christmas in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania*;
Birth of the Invincible Sun or
Birth of the Unconquered Sun*;
Boar's Head*;
Boxing Day*;
Boy Bishop or
Bairn Bishop or
St. Nicholas Bishop*;
Brazil, Christmas in or
Christmas in Brazil*;
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Candlemas or
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple or
Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin or
The Meeting of the Lord*;
A Charlie Brown Christmas*;
Children's Letters*;
Christmas Ale or
Christmas Beer or
Yule Ale*;
Christmas Cakes or
Christmas Breads or
Yule Bread or
Yule Cakes*;
Christmas Card*;
A Christmas Carol*;
Christmas Carol or
Noël or
Villancico* - The Golden Age;
Christmas Markets*;
Christmas Rose or
Black Hellebore or
Snow Rose or
Winter Rose*;
Christmas Symbols*;
Christmas Tree*;
Commercialism*;
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December 25*;
Denmark, Christmas in or
Christmas in Denmark*;
Depression*;
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Elves;
England, Christmas in or
Christmas in England*;
Epiphany or
Blessing of the Waters Day or
Día de los Tres Reyes or
Three Kings Day or
Feast of Baptism or
Feast of Jordan or
Feast of Lights or
Feast of the Three Kings or
Fête des Rois or
Le Jour des Rois or
Kings' Day or
Night of Destiny or
Old Christmas Day or
Perchtennacht or
Theophania or
Timkat or
Twelfth Day or
Twelfth Night*;
Estonia, Christmas in or
Christmas in Estonia*;
Europe, Christmas in medieval or
Christmas in medieval Europe*;
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Father Christmas or
Christmas or
King Christmas or
Sir Christmas*;
Feast of Fools*;
Feast of the Circumcision or
Circumcision of Jesus or
Feast of the Circumcision and the Name of Jesus or
Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord or
Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ or
Octave of the Birth of Our Lord or
Solemnity of Mary;
Flight into Egypt*;
Football Bowl Games*;
France, Christmas in or
Christmas in France*;
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Gabriel*;
Games*;
Germany, Christmas in or
Christmas in Germany*;
Gifts*;
Gingerbread*;
Glastonbury Thorn*;
Gospel Accounts of Christmas*;
Gospel According to Matthew*;
Greece, Christmas in or
Christmas in Greece*;
Greenery*;
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Hanukkah or
Feast of Dedication or
Feast of Lights*;
Herod, King or
King Herod*;
Hogmanay*;
Holly*;
Holy Innocents' Day or
Childermas or
Feast of the Holy Innocents or
Innocents' Day*;
How the Grinch Stole Christmas*;
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Iceland, Christmas in or
Christmas in Iceland*;
India, Christmas in or
Christmas in India*;
Ireland, Christmas in or
Christmas in Ireland*;
Italy, Christmas in or
Christmas in Italy*;
It's a Wonderful Life*;
Ivy*;
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Jesus*;
Jesus, Year of Birth or
Year of birth of Jesus*;
Jonkonnu or
John Canoe or
John Koomer or
Junkanoo*;
Jultometen or
Joulutonttuja or
Julenissen or
Julnissen*;
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Kalends or
Calends*;
Kallikantzari or
Callicantzari or
Kallikantzaroi*;
King of the Bean or
Bean King or
Epiphany King*;
Knecht Ruprecht or
Aschenklas or
Belsnickel or
Bullerklas or
Butz or
Hans Muff or
Hans Trapp or
Klaubauf or
Krampus or
Pelz Nicholas or
Pulterklas or
Ru-Klas or
Schimmelreiter*;
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Lebanon, Christmas in or
Christmas in Lebanon*;
Lithuania, Christmas in or
Christmas in Lithuania*;
Lord of Misrule or
Abbot of Unreason or
Christmas Lord or
Master of Merry Disports;
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade;
Magi or
Three Kings or
Three Kings of Cologne or
Wise Men of the East;
Marshall Islands, Christmas in the Republic of the or
Christmas in the Republic of the Marshall Islands*;
Martinmas or
Funkentag or
Martinalia or
Martinsfest or
Martinstag or
St. Martin's Day;
Mary, Blessed Virgin or
Blessed Virgin Mary*;
Masque or
Disguising;
Messiah or
Messiah (Handel)*;
Mexico, Christmas in or
Christmas in Mexico*;
Mincemeat pie or
Christmas pie*;
Miracle on 34th Street*;
Mistletoe*;
Mummers Parade* – Pre-Civil War Holiday Masquerades in Philadelphia;
Mumming or
Geese Dancing or
Guising or
Masking or
Mummering*;
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National Christmas Tree*;
Nativity legends*;
Nativity play*;
Nativity scene or
Bethlehem or
Christmas Crib or
Crèche or
Krippe or
Lapinha or
Manger scene or
Nacimiento or
Pesebre or
Portale or
Presepio or
Putz*;
New Year's Day*;
New York City, Christmas in or
Christmas in New York City*;
Norway, Christmas in or
Christmas in Norway*;
The Nutcracker*;
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Old Christmas Day*;
Ornaments*;
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Pantomime*;
Pastores, Los or
Los Pastores or
La Pastorela*;
Philippines, Christmas in the or
Christmas in the Philippines*;
Plum Pudding or
Christmas Pudding or
Figgy Pudding*;
Poland, Christmas in or
Christmas in Poland*;
Posadas, Las or
Las Posadas*;
Puritans*;
Putz*;
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Robin*;
Russia, Christmas in or
Christmas in Russia*;
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St. Barbara's Day*;
St. Basil's Day*;
St. Lucy's Day or
Santa Lucia*;
St. Nicholas*;
St. Nicholas's Day*;
St. Stephen's Day*;
St. Thomas's Day*;
Santa Claus or
Kriss Kringle or
St. Nick*;
Saturnalia*;
Slaves' Christmas*;
South Africa, Christmas in or
Christmas in South Africa*;
Spain, Christmas in or
Christmas in Spain*;
Star of Bethlehem or
Christmas Star* – Scientific Explanations for the Star;
Store Window Displays*;
Syria, Christmas in or
Christmas in Syria*;
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Times Square, New Year's Eve in or
New Year's Eve in Times Square*;
Twelfth Night or
Epiphany Eve or
Old Christmas Eve*;
Twelve Days of Christmas or
Christmastide or
The Days of Fate or
The Nights of Mystery or
Smoke Nights or
The Twelve Quiet Days*;
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Urban Legends*;
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Victorian England, Christmas in or
Christmas in Victorian England*;
Virginia O'Hanlon*;
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Wassail* – The Caroling Custom;
Watch Night or
New Year's Eve Service*;
White Christmas*;
White House, Christmas in the or
Christmas in the White House*;
Williamsburg, Virginia, Christmas in Colonial or
Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia*;
Winter Solstice*;
Wren Hunt or
Hunting of the Wren*;
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Yule*;
Yule log or
Bouche de Noël or
Calignaou or
Chalendal or
Christmas Block or
Christmas Log or
Tréfoir or
Yule Clog*;
Yule Straw*;
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Zagmuk or
Akitu or
Babylonian New Year or
Zagmug*;
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, editor Everett Ferguson, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1997, 2nd edition ISBN 0-8153-1663-1
Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Lindsay Jones, Detroit, Macmillan Press, 2005.
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Afterlife – An Overview; An Overview – The Nature of the divine; Christian concepts;
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Augustine of Hippo* - Theological controversies;
Australian Aboriginal Religions – Aboriginal Christianity;
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Baptism*;
Baptist churches*;
Karl Barth;
Basilica, cathedral, and church*;
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Biblical literature* – Hebrew Scriptures; Hebrew Scriptures – Canon; Hebrew Scriptures – Aramaic translations; Hebrew Scriptures - Greek translations; Hebrew Scriptures – Translations Based on the Septaugint; Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha – The Apocrypha; Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha – The Apocrypha – Legends, Romantic Stories, and Expansions of Hebrew Scriptures; New Testament; New Testament – Letters; New Testament – Text of the New Testament; New Testament – The Versions; New Testament – The Four Gospels and Acts; New Testament – The Letters Attributed to Paul;
Black theology*;
Blasphemy* – Judeo-Christian Concept; Christian Concept;
Bonaventure*;
Branch Davidians*;
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John Calvin;
Carnival;
Cathari;
Christian ethics*;
Christian Identity Movement*;
Christianity* - An Overview - The History of Christianity; An Overview - The Essence of Christianity; An Overview – The Essence of Christianity – The community of Christian worship; Christianity in Western Europe – Europe in the Reformation; Christianity in Latin America – Colonial Church (1492-1808); Christianity in Latin America – Church and National States (1808-1960); Christianity in North America – Christians Made and Born; Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa – First Edition; Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa – Independent Churches; Christianity in Asia – The Far East; Christianity in the Pacific Islands – First Edition;
Christianity and Judaism;
Christian Science;
Christian social movements* - Political Activism;
Christian spirituality* - Theological Analysis;
Church* - Church polity; Church polity – Episcopal Form of Government; Ecclesiology; Church membership;
Congregationalism*;
Nicolaus Copernicus*;
Coptic Church*;
Councils* – Christian Councils; Christian Councils – Medieval Councils;
Creeds* - Christian Creeds;
Cross* - The Christian Cross;
Crusades* - Christian perspective;
Cult of saints;
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Day of the Dead*;
Denominationalism*;
Disciples of Christ;
Dogma;
Drama* - Performance and Ritual; Performance and Ritual – Varieties of Performance; Drama and Religion; European Religious Drama; European Religious Drama – First Edition; Modern Western Theater;
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Eastern Christianity* - General Survey; Historical Development; Doctrine, Worship, and Faith; Parallel Historical Developments: East and West; Division Between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Churches; Distinctive Theological Perspectives; [Ecology and Religion]]* - An Overview; An Overview – Historical Background in the West; Ecology and Christianity; Environmental Ethics, World Religions, and Ecology; Science, Religion, and Ecology;
Ecumenical movement*;
Mary Baker Eddy*;
Jonathan Edwards*;
Ethiopian Church*;
Evangelical and fundamental Christianity*;
Existentialism*;
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Feminist theology* - Feminist Theology: An Overview; Christian Feminist Theology;
Free will and predestination* - An Overview; Christian Concepts;
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Gender and Religion* - An Overview; An Overview – New Methodologies and Scholarship; History of Study; History of Study – Feminism and Religious Studies: 1960-1990; Gender and Christianity;
Gnosticism* - Gnosticism from Its Origins to the Middle Ages; Gnosticism from Its Origins to the Middle Ages – First Edition; Gnosticism from Its Origins to the Middle Ages – Further Considerations; Gnosticism from Its Origins to the Middle Ages – Further Considerations – Mature Gnosticism (c 120-200); Gnosticism from the Middle Ages to the Present; History of Study;
God* - God in the Hebrew Scriptures; God in the New Testament; God in Postbiblical Christianity;
Gospel*;
Grace*;
Greek Orthodox Church*;
Gregory VII;
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Healing and Medicine* – An Overview; Healing and Medicine in Christianity;
G. W. F. Hegel*;
Heresy* – An Overview; An Overview – A Morphology of Heresy; Christian Concepts;
History* - Christian Views; Christian Views – Elements of Christian Views of History;
David Hume;
Hypostasis*;
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Iconoclasm* - An Overview; An Overview – General Perceptions of Iconoclasm; An Overview – General Perceptions of Iconoclasm – Cultural permutations; An Overview – General Perceptions of Iconoclasm – Western permutations of iconoclasm;
Iconography* - Iconography as Visible Religion; Iconography as Visible Religion – First Edition; Christian Iconography;
Icons*;
Ignatius Loyola*;
Inquisition, The or
The Inquisition – The Inquisition in the Old World; The Inquisition in the New World;
Irenaeus*;
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Jehovah's Witnesses*;
Jerome;
Jerusalem* - An Overview; Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam;
Jesus* - Life and Work; Life and Work – The Sources; Christological Developments; Christological Developments – Modern Times; Issues; Traditional Images of Jesus; The Modern Quest for the Historical Jesus; A Reconstruction;
John XXIII;
Justin Martyr*;
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Immanuel Kant*;
Søren Kierkegaard*;
Kingdom of God* – Divine Kingship in the Ancient Near East, Israel, and Greece; The Kingdom of God in the Words of Jesus; The Kingdom of God in Christian Tradition;
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Law and Religion* - An Overview; An Overview – Religion and Secular Law: Structural Differences and Similarities; Law and Religion in the West; Religion and the Constitution of the United States; Religion and the Constitution of the United States – Ban on Establishment; Religion and the Constitution of the United States – Protection of Free Exercise; Law and Religion in Medieval Europe;
Liberation Theology*;
Literature – Literature and Religion; Literature and Religion – The Testimony of Literature; Literature and Religion – The Study of Literature; Religious Dimensions of Modern Western Literature; Religious Dimensions of Modern Western Literature – First Edition; Religious Dimensions of Modern Western Literature – Further Considerations;
Logos*;
Martin Luther;
Lutheranism*;
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Manichaeism* - An Overview; An Overview – The Fundamental Doctrines; Manichaeism in Iran; Manichaeism in the Roman Empire; Manichaeism and Christianity;
Mary* - An Overview;
Mary Magdalene*;
Merit* - An Overview; Christian Concepts;
Methodist churches;
Missions* - Missionary Activity; Christian Missions;
Modernism* - Christian Modernism; Christian Modernism – Liberal Protestantism;
Monastery*;
Monasticism* – An Overview; Christian Monasticism; Christian Monasticism – Early Monasticism; Christian Monasticism – Western Christian Monasticism;
Monophysitism;
Moravians;
Mormonism*;
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God;
Music* - Music and Religion; Music and Religion in Greece, Rome, and Byzantium; Music and Religion in the West; Music and Religion in the West – Renaissance and Baroque;
Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam*;
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Nag Hammadi*;
Native American Christianities*;
Neoorthodoxy;
Neoplatonism*;
Nestorian Church;
John Henry Newman*;
Reinhold Niebuhr*;
Friedrich Nietzsche*;
Nuns – An Overview; Christian Nuns and Sisters;
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Orgy* - An Overview; Orgy in the Ancient Mediterranean World; Orgy in Medieval and Modern Europe; Orgy in Medieval and Modern Europe – Reformed Christianity;
Origen*;
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Papacy*;
Paul the Apostle* – From Pharisee to Christian Missionary;
Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity*;
Persecution* – Christian Experience; Christian Experience – Persecution and Toleration in the Roman Empire;
Pilgrimage* - An Overview; Roman Catholic Pilgrimage in the New World; Eastern Christian Pilgrimage;
Poetry* - Poetry and Religion; Poetry and Religion – Poetry, Prophecy, and Revelation; Christian Poetry;
Polemics* - Jewish-Christian Polemics; Christian-Muslim Polemics;
Political Theology;
Politics and Religion* - An Overview; An Overview – Modern Western Theories of Religion and Politics – The micropolitics of power: post-structuralist approaches; An Overview – Strategic Relations between Religious and Political Power: Eight Patterns; Politics and Buddhism; Politics and Christianity; Politics and Christianity – From the Reformation to the Enlightenment;
Presbyterianism or
Reformed*;
Priesthood* - An Overview; Christian Priesthood;
Prophecy – An Overview; Biblical Prophecy; Biblical Prophecy – The Prophetic Experience;
Protestantism*;
Puritanism;
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Quakers;
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Reformation* - Differentiation of Reformation Views;
Religious Communities* - Religion, Community, and Society; Religion, Community, and Society – Religious Societies-Turned-Communities; Christian Religious Orders;
Roman Catholicism* - First Edition; First Edition – History; First Edition – Catholic Vision and Catholic Values; First Edition – Theology and Doctrine; Further Considerations;
Russian Orthodox Church*;
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Sacraments* - An Overview; Christian Sacraments;
Friedrich Schleiermacher* – Interpretation of Religion;
Scholasticism*;
Seventh-Day Adventism*;
Soul* - Christian Concepts; Christian Concepts – Destiny of the Soul;
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch*;
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin*;
Theology* - Christian Theology; Christian Theology – Historical Development; Christian Theology – The Practice of Theology;
Thomas Aquinas* – Life and Works;
Trent, Council of or
Council of Trent*;
Ernst Troeltsch;
Trinity*;
Two Books*;
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Uniate Churches*;
Unitarian Universalist Association*;
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Vatican Councils* - Vatican I; Vatican II; Vatican II – First Edition; Vatican II – First Edition – History and Themes of the Council; Vatican II – Further Considerations;
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Worship and Devotional Life* - Christian Worship; Christian Worship – Liturgical Articulation of Time;
Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism, by Colin Buchanan, 2006, Scarecrow.
roughly 2 pages or more
Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism, 2nd edition, Gunther Gassman with Duane H. Larson and Mark W. Oldenburg, 2011, Scarecrow
roughly 2 pages or more
Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Second Edition, by William H Brackney, 2009, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-5622-6
Over 2 pages
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American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. or
ABCUSA;
Architecture, Baptist church or
Baptist church architecture;
Australia;
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Baptism*;
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland or
BU;
Black Baptists*;
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Canada;
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Ecumenism, Baptist involvement in or
Baptist involvement in ecumenism;
Evangelicalism, Baptists and or
Baptists and evangelicalism;
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Freewill Baptists or
FWB;
Fundamentalism, Baptist or
Baptist Fundamentalism;
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General Baptists*;
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Higher education;
Historical collections;
Human rights, Baptists and or
Baptists and human rights;
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India;
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Landmarkism;
Liberal tradition;
Literature of Baptists;
Lord's Supper;
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Martyrology, Baptist or
Baptist martyrology;
Missions, Baptist or
Baptist missions;
Music in Baptist worship;
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Primitive Baptists;
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Race, Baptists and or
Baptists and race;
Religious liberty;
Revivals or
Revivalism;
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Southern Baptist Convention or
SBC;
Strict Baptists or
SB;
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Temperance, Baptists and or
Baptists and temperance;
Theological education;
Theology and theologians, Baptist or
Theology, Baptist and
Theologians, Baptist or
Baptist theology and theologians or
Baptist theology or
Baptist theologians;
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Women in Baptist life* - Women in the 17th century; Baptist women in North America; Ordination of women;
Women's missionary organizations, Baptist or
Baptist women's missionary organizations* - Overseas missionary work;
Worship in Baptist tradition;
Historical Dictionary of the Reformed Churches, 2nd edition, by Robert Benedetto and Donald K. McKim
European Origins of the Reformed Tradition***; The Theology of the Reformed Tradition***; The Reformed Tradition in the Modern World**;
over 2 pages
The International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, revised and expanded edition, 2002, Zondervan. Those titles followed by a "*" are listed as redirects in that volume.
each of at least 5 pages in that source
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, Michael D. Coogan, editor in chief, Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-537737-8.
2 pages or more
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Acts*;
Acts of the Apostles* – Interpretation;
Amos* – Interpretation;
Andrew, Acts of or
Acts of Andrew*;
Apocalypses* – First Enoch; The First Christian Apocalypses; Cultural Contexts for the Apocalypses;
Apocrypha* – Old Testament; New Testament; New Testament – Extant Gospels;
-
Baruch*;
Bible* – Evolution of Bibles;
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Canon* - Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Bible – Process of Canonization; Old Testament; Old Testament – Religious History; Old Testament – Religious History – Christian Tradition; Old Testament – Critical Scholarship; New Testament; New Testament – Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings; New Testament – Important Canonical Lists;
1 and 2 Chronicles* - Literary History; Literary Genre and Interpretation;
Clement, Letters of or
Letters of Clement*;
Colossians*;
1 Corinthians* – Interpretation; Interpretation – 7:1-16:12 Paul's Response to a letter from the Corinthian Church;
2 Corinthians* - Literary History; Interpretation;
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Daniel and
Additions to Daniel* – Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History;
Dead Sea Scrolls* - Description of Important Texts; Brief History of the Qumran Community; Significance; Significance – Early Christianity;
Deuteronomy* - Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents – Deuteronomy and the Covenant Code;
Didache*;
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Ecclesiastes* – Structure and Contents;
1 Enoch* – The “Book of the Watchers” (1 Enoch 1-36); The History of Traditions about 1 Enoch;
Ephesians* – Authorship;
1 Esdras*;
2 Esdras* – Form and Function;
Esther and
Additions to Esther*;
Exodus* - Canonical Status and Location in the Canon; Authorship, Date, and Literary History; Historical Context; Interpretation;
Ezekiel* – Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents – II. Prophecies of Judgment; Interpretation;
Ezra and
Nehemiah* - Content and Structure; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation – How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's “Documents”?;
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Galatians*;
Genesis* – Structure and Contents; Dates of Composition, Historical Contexts, Literary History, and History in Genesis; History of Interpretation;
Gospels* - The Diversity of Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels – Narrative Gospels; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels;
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Habakkuk*;
Haggai*;
Hebrews*;
Hosea* – Interpretation; Interpretation – Interpretation of Hosea 1-3;
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Ignatius, Letters of or
Letters of Ignatius*;
Isaiah* - Chapters 1-39; Chapters 1-39 – Isaiah 13-23: Oracles Against the Nations; Chapters 40-66; The Formation of the Book (with Special Reference to Chapters 1-2 and 32-29); Major Theological Themes; Reception History;
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James*;
Jeremiah* - Structure and Contents; Interpretation – 21:1-29:32 Against the Jerusalem Leadership;
Job* - Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception;
Joel* – Structure and Contents;
John, Gospel according to or
Gospel according to John* - Interpretation;
1, 2, and 3 John or
1 John and
2 John and
3 John*;
Jonah*;
Joseph and Aseneth*;
Joshua* – Structure and Content;
Jubilees* - Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text;
Jude*;
Judges* – Dates of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents – B. The Heroic Anthology (Judg. 2:6-16:31);
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1 and 2 Kings* - Authorship; Contents and Structure; Contents and Structure – The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17); Contents and Structure – The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) – The Kingdom of Israel; Contents and Structure – The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) – The Kingdom of Israel – Contents; Contents and Structure – Chronology;
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Lamentations* - Structure, Contents, and Interpretation;
Letter*;
Leviticus*;
Lost Books* - Lost Books; Lost Books – Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible;
Luke, Gospel According to or
Gospel According to Luke* – Interpretation;
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1 Maccabees* – Structure and Contents; Reception History;
2 Maccabees*;
3 Maccabees*;
4 Maccabees*;
Malachi*;
Mark, Gospel According to or
Gospel According to Mark* – Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents;
Mary, Gospel of or
Gospel of Mary*;
Matthew, Gospel According to or
Gospel According to Matthew* – Structure and Contents;
Micah* – Interpretation;
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Nag Hammadi Library* - Discoveries; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices – Gnostic Texts; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices – Gnostic Texts – Sethian Gnostic Thought;
Nahum*;
Numbers* – Dates of Composition and Historical Contexts;
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Paul, Letters of or
Letters of Paul* - The Authentic Letters; The Disputed Letters;
Paul and Thecla, Acts of or
Acts of Paul and Thecla*;
Pesharim*;
Peshitta and Other Syriac Versions*;
1 Peter*;
2 Peter*;
Philemon*;
Philip, Gospel of or
Gospel of Philip*;
Philippians*;
Pilate, Acts of or
Acts of Pilate*;
Prayers and Hymns* - Prayers and Hymns in Narrative Contexts in the Hebrew Bible; Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians;
Proverbs*;
Psalms* - Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book; Literary History; Literary History – Gunkel's Basic Categories; Literary History – Post-Gunkel Approaches; Interpretation;
Pseudepigrapha* - Survey of Pseudepigrapha; Survey of Pseudepigrapha – Revisions and Expansions of Biblical Material; Survey of Pseudepigrapha – Apocalypses; Survey of Pseudepigrapha – Testamentary Literature;
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Rabbinic Literature* - Introduction; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures – Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture; New Testament; New Testament – Methodology;
Revelation* - Date of Composition and Historical Context; Interpretation; Reception History;
Romans*;
Ruth*;
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Samaritan Pentateuch* – The Character of the SP; The Character of the SP – Variants;
1 and 2 Samuel* – Literary History; Structure and Contents; Reception History;
Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations*;
Shepherd of Hermas*;
Sirach* – Date and Historical Context;
Song of Solomon*;
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Targumim* - Texts; Texts – The Pentateuch;
Testaments* – The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs – Date, Provenance, and Authorship; The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs – Form, Content, and Function;
Text Criticism* - Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Bible – The Hebrew Text; Hebrew Bible – The Septaugint and Its Versions; Hebrew Bible – The Septaugint and Its Versions – The Septaugint (LXX); Hebrew Bible – Other Versions of the Hebrew Text; Apocrypha; Apocrypha – Books Translated from Semitic Originals; New Testament; New Testament – Witnesses – Greek Manuscripts; New Testament – History of Editions;
1 Thessalonians*;
2 Thessalonians*;
Thomas, Gospel of or
Gospel of Thomas*;
1 Timothy*;
2 Timothy; [{Titus]];
Tobit*;
Translations, English or [{English Translations]]* - Versions before 1611; Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions; An Overview of Modern Versions;
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Vulgate and Other Ancient Latin Translations* – Jerome's Vulgate;
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Wisdom of Solomon*;
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Zechariah*;
Zephaniah*;