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Gettysburg requiem the life and lost causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates / by LaFantasie, Glenn W.

Table of Contents: “…Rough and tumble days -- Baptism by fire -- An unchristian state of mind -- Ragged jacks -- Boulders like gravestones -- In the purple gloom -- Gone to flickering -- The end of chivalry -- Before the bar -- The one-armed hero of Henry County -- Striking to hurt -- A soldier in his heart -- Stumbling toward equality -- Requiem.…”
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Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence / by Rasimus, Tuomas

Table of Contents: “…Evidence for Ophite snake worship -- Anathema Iesous : Origen on the Ophite cursing of Jesus -- The Ophite seal, Sethian baptism and the Johannine prologue.…”
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Confederate phoenix rebel children and their families in South Carolina / by Drago, Edmund L.

Table of Contents: “…Children as a factor in war strategy -- Boy soldiers and their families -- Childrearing -- "Spilt milk" : three family cameos -- Education and nation building -- "Something for the girls" : marriage customs and girlhood -- "Going up the spout" : converging defeat on the battlefield and home front -- Baptism by fire -- Widows and orphans -- Reconstruction and redemption : the Civil War, part II -- The last phoenix : conflicting legacies, 1890-2007.…”
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Kith, kin, and neighbors communities and confessions in seventeenth-century Wilno / by Frick, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Over the quartermaster's shoulder -- The neighbors -- One roof, four walls -- The bells of Wilno -- Speaking, writing, stereotyping -- Birth, baptism, godparenting -- Education and apprenticeship -- Courtship and marriage -- Marital discontents -- Guild house, workshop, guild altar -- Going to law : the language of litigation -- War, occupation, exile, liberation (1655-1661) -- Old age and poor relief -- Death in Wilno -- Epilogue : conflict and coexistence.…”
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Leadership in the crucible the Korean War battles of Twin Tunnels & Chipyong-ni / by Hamburger, Kenneth Earl, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…The 23d infantry regiment and col. Paul Freeman -- Baptism by fire on the Naktong River line -- Disaster in the north -- The French battalion and lt. col. …”
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The creation of God by Pinxten, Rik

Table of Contents: “…-- Religion, identity and learning processes -- General concepts and terms -- Cosmology and religion -- Religious action -- Different 1. Birth and baptism. A view of an anthropologist and atheist -- Religious language -- Complex religious phenomena -- Religious ways of learning -- Different 2. …”
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God speaks to us, too Southern Baptist women on church, home, and society / by Shaw, Susan M. (Susan Maxine), 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Raised right--the making of Southern Baptist identity -- Just as I am : Southern Baptist women's experiences of salvation and baptism -- The B-I-B-L-E : Southern Baptist women and the Bible -- Casseroles and covered dishes : Southern Baptist women, hospitality, and friendship -- Red and yellow, Black and White : the dynamics of race in the lives of Southern Baptist women -- We've a story to tell : Southern Baptist women and ministry -- Gracious submission : Southern Baptist women and the family -- I am woman : Southern Baptist women and feminism -- Competent before God : Southern Baptist women and soul competency -- Cast of characters.…”
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The new Isaac tradition and intertextuality in the Gospel of Matthew / by Huizenga, Leroy Andrew, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…The fate of the figure of Isaac in the Gospel of Matthew -- The Model Reader, the encyclopedia and textual intention -- The Model Reader, intertextuality and biblical studies -- The Akedah prior to the Common Era -- The Akedah in the first century of the Common Era -- The figure of Isaac in the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew -- The baptism of God's beloved Son -- The Suffering Servant and Matthean Christology -- The dearth of the Servant in the encyclopedia of early Judaism -- The transfiguration of the beloved Son -- Endurance unto death : the paschal Passion of the beloved Son -- Conclusions and reflections on the Gospel of Matthew and the new Isaac.…”
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Contested borderland : the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia / by McKnight, Brian Dallas

Table of Contents: “…The central Appalachian divide in unity and secession -- Recruitment, training, and baptism : June-November 1861 -- Locking the Confederates into Virginia : December 1861-June 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Cumberland Gap : July-October 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Pound Gap : July-October 1862 -- An aggressive Union Army : November 1862-February 1863 -- Return to Kentucky, return to Virginia : February-April 1863 -- Southwestern Virginia besieged : May-September 1863 -- East Tennessee rescued, southwestern Virginia harassed : October 1863-March 1864 -- Impending defeat : April-September 1864 -- Violent war, violent peace : October 1864-April 1865.…”
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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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The Shiloh campaign

Table of Contents: “…Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. …”
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William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini : abolition, democracy, and radical reform / by Dal Lago, Enrico, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Garrisonian abolitionism, Mazzinian democratic nationalism, and transnational comparisons -- Early attempts at democratization : the making of two radical leaders, 1805-1830 -- Exercises in media proselytism : journalism and revolutionary apostolate, 1831-1833 -- Working toward global middle-class inclusiveness : the fight for freedom from local to federal, 1833-1837 -- Confronting ideological inertias : Garrisonians, Mazzinians, and their enemies, 1838-1846 -- Baptisms of fire for new social ideas : political defeat, radical intransigence, and internationalism, 1846-1853 -- Endorsement and refusal of mainstream radicalism : Garrison's and Mazzini's times for action, 1854-1861 -- Political stalemate between opposite extremisms : Garrison's compromise and Mazzini's defeat, 1862-1870 -- Conclusion : different ends and parallel fame of two iconic radicals.…”
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A new history of penance

Table of Contents: “…Emmet McLaughlin -- The historiography of early medieval penance / Rob Meens -- Juridical administration in the church and pastoral care in late antiquity / Kevin Uhalde -- Spiritual guarantors at penance, baptism, and ordination in the late Antique East / Claudia Rapp -- Topographies of penance in the Latin West (c.800-c.1200) / Dominique Iogna-Prat, translated by Graham Robert Edwards -- Blushing before the judge and physician : moral arbitration in the Carolingian Empire / Abigail Firey -- Cum aliquis venerit ad sacerdotem : penitential experience in the Central Middle Ages / Karen Wagner -- The scholastic turn (1100-1500) penitential theology and law in the schools / Joseph Goering -- Penitential theology and law at the turn of the fifteenth century / Henry Ansgar Kelly -- Between the reality of life and the order of canon law : the Holy Apostolic Penitentiary and the supplications from Norway 1448-1531 / Torstein Jorgensen -- At heresy's door : Borromeo, penance, and confessional boundaries in early modern Europe / Wietse de Boer -- Embracing the 'true relic' of Christ : suffering, penance, and private confession in the thought of Martin Luther / Ronald K. …”
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Mrs. Dred Scott a life on slavery's frontier / by VanderVelde, Lea

Table of Contents: “…Peter's Agency -- Winters deep -- 1836 : spring and the change of the guard -- Celestial explorers -- Call of the wood as a prelude to treaty -- 1837 : treaty made before her eyes -- Marriage : together alone -- Traveling the length of the river -- New baby in a new land -- Deteriorating community -- Battles and baptisms -- Taliaferro's last stand -- Leaving Minnesota and its new tribunals -- While the doctor was away : St. …”
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The Presbyterian Church of East Africa an account of its Gospel Missionary Society origins, 1895-1946 / by Wamagatta, E. N.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to the coming of the missionaries -- Kikuyuland and the Kikuyu people -- Imposition of colonial rule -- The GMS and its establishment in Kenya -- The People's Church of Christ -- The AIM connection -- Establishment in Kikuyuland -- The abortive Kibichoi Mission station -- GMS Kambui and Ng'enda mission stations -- Challenges to missionary work -- Reception of the missionaries in Kikuyuland -- Conflict with Kikuyu culture -- Attributes of GMS missionaries -- The educational approach to missionary work -- The pioneering period -- The era of growth and challenges -- African quest for high schools -- Problems with the government -- Problems with educational work -- The medical approach to missionary work -- The medical personnel -- The struggle against "witch doctors" -- Other gospel connections -- The government connection -- The evangelical approach to missionary work -- Conversion and GMS baptisms -- Persecution of mission adherents -- A time of growth and expansion -- Confrontation with Kikuyu nationalism -- Confrontation with Kikuyu cultural nationalism -- Spiritual slumber in Kikuyuland -- African leadership in the GMS church -- Merger with the Church of Scotland mission -- Financial problems -- The abortive GMS AIM merger -- Schism in the People's Church of Christ -- Human resources and other problems -- The road to the GMS-CSM merger.…”
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Isaiah Shembe's prophetic uhlanga : the worldview of the Nazareth Baptist Church in colonial South Africa / by Tishken, Joel E., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Sacrament, ritual, and identity. Lord's supper -- Baptism -- Ukusina -- UmNazaretha -- Conclusion. Conclusion. …”
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Christian identity

Table of Contents: “…Christian identity is identity in Christ / Abraham van de Beek -- Devastating grace : justificatio impii and I-Dentity / Phillipe (Flip) Theron -- Christian identity as baptismal identity / Christiaan Mostert -- Christian baptism and an identity of inclusivity, dignity, and holiness / Nico Koopman -- Christian identity and national identity / Ferenc Szűcs -- Christian identity : Augustine on faith, hope, and love / J.H. …”
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Recognizing the stranger recognition scenes in the Gospel of John / by Larsen, Kasper Bro

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Odysseus' scar and Jesus' wound marks -- Previous studies in Johannine recognition -- The present study : aim, method, and outline -- Anagnorisis in a theoretical and historical perspective -- Anagnorisis in Aristotle's poetics -- The embarrassments of recognition -- Anagnorisis and the cognitive dimension of John's Gospel -- The semiotics of recognition -- The dual appearance of the observed -- How to display the recognition Mark : showing, telling, and whispering -- Aspects of recognition : identification and social recognition -- Anagnorisis as a type-scene in ancient literature -- The meeting -- The move of cognitive resistance -- The move of displaying the token -- The moment of recognition -- Attendant reactions and physical (re-)union -- Anagnorisis and arrival (John 1-4) -- Anagnorisis within the matrix of John's narrative -- Prologue and prejudice : prefatory whisperings -- The prologue's web of identity relations -- The logos changes its guise -- Recognizing a stranger : comparing Jesus with Odysseus -- Establishing Jesus' presence in the story-world (1:19-51) -- John the Baptist : recognizing the wrong man (1:19-28) -- Jesus and John the Baptist : from baptismal scene to recognition scene (1:29-34) -- Jesus and the disciples : call narratives in the form of recognition scenes (1:35-51) -- Semeia as Semata : tokens of Jesus' divine doxa -- Jesus and the Samaritan woman (4:4-42) : betrothal and recognition -- Recognition in conflict (John 5-19) -- John 5:1-18 : a recognition parody -- "I am" : a recognition formula -- John 9 : blindness and insight -- The recognition scenes of the hour -- The exposure of Judas as traitor (13:18-30) -- Jesus' arrest : from discovery to self-disclosure (18:1-12) -- Peter's denial (18:15-18, 25-27) -- Jesus judged by Pilate : by what law? …”
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Normatividades e instituciones eclesiásticas en la Nueva España, siglos XVI-XIX /

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