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Credo : historical and theological guide to creeks and confessions of faith in the christian tradition / by Pelikan, Jaroslav

Subjects: “…Apostle creed, religion.…”

Faith and reason by Swinburne, Richard

Table of Contents: “…The nature of belief -- Rational belief -- The value of rational religious belief -- The nature of faith -- The purpose of religion -- The role of creeds -- The comparison of creeds -- Epilogue : faith is voluntary.…”
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Religion as metaphor for ethno-ethical identity / by Jesudasan, Ignatius

Table of Contents: “…Metaphor, truth, mystery & mystification -- The ethical factor of ethnic faith -- Ethnic faith as a metaphorical construct -- Faiths as mutually deconstructive metaphors -- Religions as ethnic identity-defining metaphors -- God, angels & devil as metaphors of Semitic societies -- Basic metaphors of non-Semitic societies -- Adamic myth as allegorized Israelite history -- The Gospel metaphor versus the Adamic Israelite -- The metaphor and mystery of Christmas -- Mary's virginity as metaphor of Christian ethnicity -- Easter & baptism as Adwaitic Christian metaphors -- Church-constructive metaphors of Peter and Paul -- Adwaitic metaphorical reading of the Nicene creed -- Acts shows metaphors making new identities -- From ethnic ethics & theology to global praxis.…”
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Christianity an introduction / by Kennedy, Philip

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