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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"heretic"”.
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Portrait of a Heretic: The Development of Walter Kaufmann's Philosophy of Religion
… of Kaufmann’s next major work, The Faith of a Heretic , which also examines Kaufmann’s comparative analysis of the merits of the Old and New Testaments, specifically how they address the problem of suffering and their respective ethics and worldviews. Finally, some attention is given to …
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Heretics and Martyrs: Picturing Early Anabaptism in Visual Culture of the Dutch Republic
… historical accounts, anti-sectarian treatises, heretic biographies, city descriptions, and religious ethnographies, as well as emblems and allegories. Meanwhile, Mennonites themselves were slower to produce or commission apologetical imagery supporting their long-established efforts to distance …
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Behold These English Dogs!: Englishmen in the Atlantic World Before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1560-1630
… for World domination. Elizabeth’s status as a heretic provoked Philip to use the Spanish Inquisition’s severity against all Englishmen who served the heretical Queen. The Inquisition’s actions eventually also led to the attempted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada of 1588. The single …
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Steve Bantu Biko: Politician, 'Historian' and 'Proponent' of African Traditional Religion
… all opponents labelling them as 'un-Christian', 'heretic', 'rebels', 'agitators' and 'terrorists'. The 'Black Consciousness' ideology was viewed by the state as subversive. The question arises, how could a person who encouraged black community programmes and black unity be regarded as a terrorist? …
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Fighting Extremism: Strategies Used to Combat Extremism and Radicalization
… or objective of the extremist is to overthrow "heretic" governments which currently exist and replace them with Islamic governments based on the rule of the Shariah (the first book of the Quran which strongly regulates all aspects of life). (Swanson, Territo, & Taylor, 2007, p. 87-89). The …
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The Domestication of Paul: Christian Responses to Rise of Paul in the Second Century
… of Paul completely and depicted him as the arch-heretic. The Apostolic-Catholics, however, responded differently and maintained that Paul represented the same teaching as the twelve, simultaneously arguing that Paul did not have a private teaching and that their own teachings were definitively …
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'Like Iron to a Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest for Providence
… seemingly incompatible aspects of Luzzatto as 'heretic' and 'hero.'</p> <p>Chapter one sets the tone for the dissertation by analyzing the original version of <em>Mesilat Yesharim</em>, which differs drastically from the well-known printed edition. Consisting of a dialogue between a hasid and a …
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The language of dissent : the defense of eighteenth-century English dissent in the works and sermons of James Peirce.
… such a position. Historically employed as either heretic or hero (or something in between), Peirce has defied careful classification. He was a man in transition: a man of his times, a man in philosophical, social, and economic change, and his changing perspectives on truth were integrally tied to …
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Untimely meditations: female mysticism in medieval culture and modern scholarship
… (1177-1213) to the speculative writings of heretic and beguine Marguerite Porete (d. 1310), and finally the Middle English translation of Saint Catherine of Siena's (1347-1380) Dialogue. Chapter Three builds on this analysis of medieval mysticism by considering the ways in which the mystical …
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The Sterne voyage of the <i>Pequod</i>: the tale of a tub in American literature
… of laughter, when perceived to be less a band of heretical brigands, daring traditional scholarship's proven methods and testing the patience of critics, than a fellowship of ludic logocrats, fully conscious of their unconventional skills and exploiting them in the face of prejudice and …