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The new cults/ by Martin, Walter

Subjects: “…Cult 116941…”

Africa's Ogun : old world and new /

Subjects: “…Ogun (Yoruba deity) Cult Africa, West.…”
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The cult of Saint Thecla a tradition of women's piety in late antiquity / by Davis, Stephen J.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. The cult of Saint Thecla in Asia Minor -- pt. 2. The cult of Saint Thecla in Egypt.…”
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Cult, culture, and authority Princess Liẽ̂u Hạnh in Vietnamese history / by Dror, Olga

Table of Contents: “…Writing hagiographies, creating history -- The appearance of Liẽ̂u Hạnh's cult -- Contending narratives in classical voices -- Vernacularization of the sublime -- From superstition to cultural tradition.…”
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Constructing a cult the life and veneration of Guđmundr Arason (1161-1237) in the Icelandic written sources /

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Religious and spiritual groups in modern America/ by Ellwood, Robert S.

Subjects: “…Cult 116981…”

Guardian of the sea Jizo in Hawaiʻi / by Clark, John R. K., 1946-

Subjects: “…Kṣitigarbha (Buddhist deity) Cult Hawaii.…”
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Paul the martyr the cult of the apostle in the Latin west / by Eastman, David L.

Table of Contents: “…The cult of Paul in Rome -- The cult of Paul on the Ostian road -- The cult of Paul on the Appian road -- The expansion of the cult outside Rome -- The spread of the Pauline cult in Latin Europe -- The Pauline cult in North Africa.…”
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When cultists ask: a popular handbook on cultic misinterpretations/ by Geisler, Norman L., Rhodes, Ron

Subjects: “…Cult Literature 47058…”

The sanctuary's imperial architectural development, conflict with Christianity, and final days by White, Donald

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The Buddhist goddess Marishiten : a study of the evolution and impact of her cult on the Japanese warrior / by Hall, David A.

Subjects: “…Marici (Buddhist deity) Cult Japan History.…”
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Cult and koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly by Graninger, Denver

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Power, politics and the cults of Isis : proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011 /

Subjects: “…Isis (Egyptian deity) Cult Congresses.…”
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Alternative Krishnas regional and vernacular variations on a Hindu deity /

Subjects: “…Krishna (Hindu deity) Cult.…”
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Martyrdom, murder, and magic child saints and their cults in medieval Europe / by Wasyliw, Patricia Healy, 1959-

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Holy bones, holy dust how relics shaped the history of Medieval Europe / by Freeman, Charles, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: the making of a martyr -- How the Christian relic emerged -- The incorruptible flesh of the martyrs -- Creating a Christian landscape -- The battle for acceptance -- The view from Byzantium -- Bishops, magic and relics in the post-Roman world -- 'A barbarous, fierce and unbelieving nation' -- The great consolidator -- Hope and desperation in a disordered world -- Cults and the rise of anti-semitism -- Fervent Christian pilgrims -- 'The eyes are fed with gold-bedecked reliquaries' -- Looting the East -- Louis IX and the Sainte-Chapelle -- Sacred flesh between death and resurrection -- 'Christ's recruits ... fight back' -- Protectors of il Popolo -- The Virgin Mary and the penitent whore -- The wondrous blood of Christ -- Rescuers and devils -- 'Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands' -- 'dead images that ... may not ... help any man of any disease' -- Protestantism and the new iconoclasm -- Intimations of reality -- Reasserting the miraculous -- Within the community of the supernatural.…”
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Ritual worship of the great goddess the liturgy of the Durgā Pūjā with interpretations / by Rodrigues, Hillary, 1953-

Subjects: “…Durgā (Hindu deity) Cult.…”
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The mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world / by Rogers, Guy MacLean

Table of Contents: “…Continuity in change -- Funeral games -- Mysteries and sacrifices -- Mystic sacrifices -- Kouretes eusebeis -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi kai bouleutai -- "The nurse of its own Ephesian god" -- "Our common salvation" -- Cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world.…”
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The female crucifix images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / by Friesen, Ilse E.

Subjects: “…Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) Cult.…”
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Spiritual currency in northeast Brazil / by King, Lindsey, 1953-

Subjects: “…Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 Cult Brazil Canindé (Ceará)…”
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