Author: William Lloyd FoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Maryland--a History, 1632-1974
Author: William Lloyd FoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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The Faith of Our Fathers
Author: James GibbonsMaryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
History of Dorchester County, Maryland
Author: Elias JonesProminent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1890
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The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (1663-1729)
Author: John Spencer BassettPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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The Mandaean Book of John
Author: Charles G. HäberlPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110487861
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Given the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.
Colonial Origins of the American Constitution
Author: Donald S. LutzPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Presents 80 documents selected to reflect Eric Voegelin's theory that in Western civilization basic political symbolizations tend to be variants of the original symbolization of Judeo-Christian religious tradition. These documents demonstrate the continuity of symbols preceding the writing of the Constitution and all contain a number of basic symbols such as: a constitution as higher law, popular sovereignty, legislative supremacy, the deliberative process, and a virtuous people. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Jews and Modern Capitalism
Author: Werner SombartPublisher:
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Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description