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The Apostles' Creed the Apostles' Creed and its early Christian context / by Ashwin-Siejkowski, Piotr, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…I believe in God -- The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth -- And in Jesus Christ, his Only Son our Lord -- Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary -- Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried -- He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead -- He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty -- From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead -- I believe in the Holy Spirit -- The holy catholic church (the communion of saints) -- The forgiveness of sins -- The resurrection of the flesh -- And eternal life; amen.…”
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The Apostles' Creed : the Apostles' Creed and its early Christian context / by Ashwin-Siejkowski, Piotr, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…I believe in God -- The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth -- And in Jesus Christ, his Only Son our Lord -- Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary -- Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried -- He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead -- He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty -- From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead -- I believe in the Holy Spirit -- The holy catholic church (the communion of saints) -- The forgiveness of sins -- The resurrection of the flesh -- And eternal life; amen.…”

Clerical celibacy in the West, c.1100-1700 by Parish, Helen L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: For the sake of the kingdom of heaven : shaping the celibacy debate -- If there is one faith, there must be one tradition : clerical celibacy and marriage in the early church -- Preserving the ancient rule and apostolic perfection : celibacy and marriage in East and West -- A concubine or an unlawful woman : celibacy, marriage, and the Gregorian reform -- In marriage they will live more piously and honestly : debating clerical celibacy in the pre-Reformation church -- The whole world and the devil will laugh : clerical celibacy and married priests in the Age of Reformation -- Contrary to the state of their order and the laudable customs of the church : clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church after the Reformation -- Conclusion: One of the chief ornaments of the Catholic clergy : celibacy in the modern church.…”
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Church laws and ecumenism : a new path for Christian unity /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Norman Doe -- The evolution of the principles of Christian Law / Norman Doe -- Roman Catholic Canon Law / Aidan McGrath OFM and Robert Ombres OP -- The Law of the Eastern Catholic Churches / Astrid Kaptijn -- The Orthodox Canonical Tradition / Nikos Maghioros -- The Anglican Canonical Tradition / Mark Hill -- Lutheran Church Law / Andreas Aarflot -- Methodist Law and Discipline / John Harrod -- Reformed Church Order / Leon van den Broeke -- Presbyterian Polityand Practice / John Chalmers -- Baptist Church Polity / Paul Goodliff -- Pentecostal Church Polity / Paul Rochester -- The Polityofthe United and Uniting Churches / Leo J.Koffeman -- Conclusion / Aetios, Grand Ecclesiarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.…”
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The politics of religion in Soviet-occupied Germany the case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949 / by Brennan, Sean (Sean Philip), 1979-

Table of Contents: “…The brown dictatorship before the red: the German churches under national socialism -- The question of the CDU and the churches during the period of the "antifascist transformation, "1945-1947 -- The Volkscongress movement and the end of the CDU's political independence, December 1946 -October1949 -- "Unity schools are secular schools": the struggle over religious education in the secondary schools of Berlin Brandenburg -- The competition between socialist and religious youth and women's organizations in Berlin-Brandenburg -- The conflict over charitable activity by the evangelical and Catholic churches in Berlin-Brandenburg -- "Christianity and Marxism are not in opposition": the propaganda offensive in East Germany concerning "religious freedom" under communism -- The Allied Religious Affairs Committee and the impossibility of a united religious policy for Germany.…”
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Before daybreak "After the race" and the origins of Joyce's art / by Owens, Cóilín

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American sanctuary understanding sacred spaces /

Table of Contents: “…. / Joanne Punzo Waghorne -- Getting beyond Gothic: challenges for contemporary Catholic church architecture / Paula M. Kane -- Word, shape, and image: Anglican constructions of the sacred / Louis P. …”
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Sexual inequalities and social justice

Table of Contents: “…: confronting sexual and gender inequality in HIV prevention work / Héctor Carrillo -- Circuit culture : ethnographic reflections on inequality, sexuality, and life on the gay party circuit / Christopher Carrington -- Confesiones de mujer : the Catholic Church and sacred morality in the sex lives of Mexican immigrant women / Gloria González-López -- Disability and sexuality : toward a constructionist focus on access and the inclusion of disabled people in the sexual rights movement / Russell P. …”
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One Zambia, many histories towards a history of post-colonial Zambia /

Table of Contents: “…: opposition to the Zambian one-party state, 1972-1980 / Miles Larmer -- Legitimizing powers : the political role of the Roman Catholic church, 1972-1991 / Marja Hinfelaar -- Towards a history of the charismatic churches in post-colonial Zambia / Austin M. …”
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AIDS and religious practice in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…The rise of occult powers, AIDS and the Roman Catholic church in western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition : arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ : paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Uganda / Catrine Christiansen -- AIDS and the power of God : narratives of decline and coping strategies in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann -- Competing explanations and treatment choices : Muslims, AIDS and ARVs in Tanzania / Felicitas Becker -- 'Muslims have instructions' : HIV/AIDS, modernity and Islamic religious education in Kisumu, Kenya / Jonas Svensson -- 'Keeping up appearances' : sex and religion amongst university students in Uganda / Jo Sadgrove -- Healing the wounds of modernity : salvation, community and care in a Neo-Pentecostal church in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania / Hansjörg Dilger -- Gloves in times of AIDS : Pentecostalism, hair and social distancing in Botswana / Rijk van Dijk -- Leprosy of a deadlier kind : Christian conceptions of AIDS in the South African Lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Subjects of counselling : religion, HIV/AIDS and the management of everyday life in South Africa / Marian Burchardt -- Therapeutic evangelism : confessional technologies, antiretrovirals and biospiritual transformation in the fight against AIDS in West Africa / Vinh-Kim Nguyen.…”
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AIDS and religious practice in Africa

Table of Contents: “…The rise of occult powers, AIDS and the Roman Catholic church in western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition : arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ : paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Uganda / Catrine Christiansen -- AIDS and the power of God : narratives of decline and coping strategies in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann -- Competing explanations and treatment choices : Muslims, AIDS and ARVs in Tanzania / Felicitas Becker -- 'Muslims have instructions' : HIV/AIDS, modernity and Islamic religious education in Kisumu, Kenya / Jonas Svensson -- 'Keeping up appearances' : sex and religion amongst university students in Uganda / Jo Sadgrove -- Healing the wounds of modernity : salvation, community and care in a Neo-Pentecostal church in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania / Hansjörg Dilger -- Gloves in times of AIDS : Pentecostalism, hair and social distancing in Botswana / Rijk van Dijk -- Leprosy of a deadlier kind : Christian conceptions of AIDS in the South African Lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Subjects of counselling : religion, HIV/AIDS and the management of everyday life in South Africa / Marian Burchardt -- Therapeutic evangelism : confessional technologies, antiretrovirals and biospiritual transformation in the fight against AIDS in West Africa / Vinh-Kim Nguyen.…”
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Boston's Histories : Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O'Connor /

Table of Contents: “…Connolly -- The failure of Catholic interracialism in Boston before busing / William Leonard -- The Catholic Church and the desegregation of Boston's public schools / James E. …”
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A just & true love feminism at the frontiers of theological ethics : essays in honor of Margaret A. Farley /

Table of Contents: “…Garet -- The meaning and practice of love -- Feminist ethics and the sexual abuse of children : reading Christian origins / Mary Rose D'Angelo -- The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church : implications for sexual ethics / Brian F. …”
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Religion and social justice for immigrants

Table of Contents: “…Welcoming the stranger : constructing an interfaith ethic of refuge / Stephanie J. Nawyn ; The Catholic Church's institutional responses to immigration : from supranational to local engagement / Margarita Mooney -- Theology, redemption, and justice. …”
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Confronting genocide Judaism, Christianity, Islam /

Table of Contents: “…Roth -- The Holocaust, genocide, and the Catholic Church / Donald J. Dietrich -- Catholic views on Holocaust and genocide : a critical appraisal / John T. …”
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Aquinas on Virtue : A Causal Reading / by Austin, Nicholas, 1970-

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Rewolucja : Russian Poland, 1904–1907 / by Blobaum, Robert

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Students and Society in Early Modern Spain / by Kagan, Richard L., 1943-

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