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Governing spirits religion, miracles, and spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956 / by Román, Reinaldo L., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Governing man-gods in Cuba : Hilario Mustelier and Juan Manso -- Governing saints in Puerto Rico : Elenita and the Hermanos Cheos -- Governing witchcraft : journalists and brujos in Republican Cuba -- Self-governing spirits : la Samaritana and Puerto Rico's espiriteros -- Managing miracles in Batista's Cuba : la estigmatizada and clavelito -- Managing miracles in the Commonwealth : the virgin visits Sabana Grande -- Epilogue: The Chupacabras : discourses and social action.…”
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Sacred founders : women, men, and gods in the discourse of imperial founding, Rome through early Byzantine / by Angelova, Diliana, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Founding, power, and authority: Mediterranean history and Augustan innovations -- Founding and afterlife -- Women and founding from Livia to Helena -- The Christian founders Constantine and Helena -- Constantine's and Helena's legacy in the founding of public space -- Imperial women and civic founding -- Koinonia : the Christian founders' legacy in the symbolism of authority -- Christian piety and the making of a Christian discourse of imperial founding -- Church-building and founding -- The Virgin Mary and the discourse of imperial founders.…”
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Sacred founders : women, men, and gods in the discourse of imperial founding, Rome through early Byzantine / by Angelova, Diliana, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Founding, power, and authority: Mediterranean history and Augustan innovations -- Founding and afterlife -- Women and founding from Livia to Helena -- The Christian founders Constantine and Helena -- Constantine's and Helena's legacy in the founding of public space -- Imperial women and civic founding -- Koinonia : the Christian founders' legacy in the symbolism of authority -- Christian piety and the making of a Christian discourse of imperial founding -- Church-building and founding -- The Virgin Mary and the discourse of imperial founders.…”
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Shaking the world for Jesus media and conservative evangelical culture / by Hendershot, Heather

Table of Contents: “…: Christian music and the secular marketplace -- Virgins for Jesus : the gender politics of therapeutic Christian media -- Holiness codes and holy homosexuals : interpreting gay and lesbian Christian subculture -- Putting God under the microscope : the Moody Institute of Science's cinema of devotion -- Praying for the end of the world : the past, present, and future of Christian apocalyptic media.…”
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Glory and agony Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / by Feldman, Yael S., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…: the rise and fall of Abraham -- Virgin martyrs, 1966: a story of dream and darkness -- Sacrificial victims?…”
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Shaking the world for Jesus media and conservative evangelical culture / by Hendershot, Heather

Table of Contents: “…: Christian music and the secular marketplace -- Virgins for Jesus : the gender politics of therapeutic Christian media -- Holiness codes and holy homosexuals : interpreting gay and lesbian Christian subculture -- Putting God under the microscope : the Moody Institute of Science's cinema of devotion -- Praying for the end of the world : the past, present, and future of Christian apocalyptic media.…”
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Glory and agony Isaac's sacrifice and national narrative / by Feldman, Yael S., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…: the rise and fall of Abraham -- Virgin martyrs, 1966: a story of dream and darkness -- Sacrificial victims?…”
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The better to eat you with fear in the animal world / by Berger, Joel

Table of Contents: “…-- The shy giant of the forest -- A tropical primate in Alaska -- Emissaries of a dying epoch -- Subarctic shadows -- To know thy enemy -- Among the naive -- A tiger east of the sun -- A continent of virgins and recent ghosts -- On being caribou and musk ox -- Islands of ice and innocence -- Changing the rules of engagement -- Nomads of the Gobi -- The silent cats of Patagonia -- A cedibility conundrum -- Different sides of the Darwinian divide -- Of fear and culture.…”
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The better to eat you with fear in the animal world / by Berger, Joel

Table of Contents: “…-- The shy giant of the forest -- A tropical primate in Alaska -- Emissaries of a dying epoch -- Subarctic shadows -- To know thy enemy -- Among the naive -- A tiger east of the sun -- A continent of virgins and recent ghosts -- On being caribou and musk ox -- Islands of ice and innocence -- Changing the rules of engagement -- Nomads of the Gobi -- The silent cats of Patagonia -- A cedibility conundrum -- Different sides of the Darwinian divide -- Of fear and culture.…”
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Blood, land, and sex legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / by Favali, Lyda, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy -- From tradition to globalization -- Changing leadership, unchanging law -- The transitional period and attempts at legal reform -- From blood feud and blood money to the state settlement of murder cases -- Land tenure on the highland plateau -- Land disputes and conflict resolution -- The virgin, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations -- Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or survival? …”
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The life we claim the Apostles' Creed for preaching, teaching, and worship / by Howell, James C., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the Apostles' Creed -- God the Father Almighty -- Maker of heaven and earth -- Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord -- Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary -- Suffered under Pontius Pilate -- He descended into hell -- The third day He rose from the dead -- From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead -- The Holy Spirit -- The Holy Catholic Church -- The communion of the Saints -- The forgiveness of sins -- The Resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.…”
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The life we claim the Apostles' Creed for preaching, teaching, and worship / by Howell, James C., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the Apostles' Creed -- God the Father Almighty -- Maker of heaven and earth -- Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord -- Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary -- Suffered under Pontius Pilate -- He descended into hell -- The third day He rose from the dead -- From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead -- The Holy Spirit -- The Holy Catholic Church -- The communion of the Saints -- The forgiveness of sins -- The Resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.…”
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Blood, land, and sex legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / by Favali, Lyda, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy -- From tradition to globalization -- Changing leadership, unchanging law -- The transitional period and attempts at legal reform -- From blood feud and blood money to the state settlement of murder cases -- Land tenure on the highland plateau -- Land disputes and conflict resolution -- The virgin, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations -- Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or survival? …”
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Altman and after multiple narratives in film / by Parshall, Peter F., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the potential of complex narratives mosaic narrative -- Nashville: pitching songs and selling politicians network narrative -- Pulp Fiction pop culture's poster child -- Amores perros of dogs and rats and goats -- Code unknown -- Cinematic cryptogram -- The edge of heaven parallel paths database narrative -- Virgin stripped bare by her bachelors the end of idealism -- Run Lola run into the labyrinth of Berlin -- The double life of Véronique a haunting sense of connection -- Conclusion: tying up the threads -- Appendix: further complex narratives of interest.…”
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Altman and after multiple narratives in film / by Parshall, Peter F., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the potential of complex narratives mosaic narrative -- Nashville: pitching songs and selling politicians network narrative -- Pulp Fiction pop culture's poster child -- Amores perros of dogs and rats and goats -- Code unknown -- Cinematic cryptogram -- The edge of heaven parallel paths database narrative -- Virgin stripped bare by her bachelors the end of idealism -- Run Lola run into the labyrinth of Berlin -- The double life of Véronique a haunting sense of connection -- Conclusion: tying up the threads -- Appendix: further complex narratives of interest.…”
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In honor of Fadime murder and shame / by Wikan, Unni, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…-- The cross-cultural context of honor killing -- Virginity, virility, and honor -- At a trial -- Little sister, thirteen years old -- A mother's story -- Naive or primitive? …”
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Jesuits and Matriarchs : Domestic Worship in Early Modern China / by Amsler, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…Clothes make the man: the Jesuits' adoption of literati masculinity -- A kingdom of virtuous women: Jesuit descriptions of China's moral topography -- A source of creative tension: literati Jesuits and priestly duties -- Strengthening the marital bond: the Christianization of Chinese marriage -- Praying for progeny: women and Catholic spiritual remedies -- Domestic communities: women's congregations and communal piety -- Sharing genteel spirituality: the female networks of the Xus of Shanghai -- A widow and her virgins: the domestic convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing -- Fabrics of devotion: Catholic women's pious patronage -- Women and gender in global Catholicism.…”
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In honor of Fadime murder and shame / by Wikan, Unni, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…-- The cross-cultural context of honor killing -- Virginity, virility, and honor -- At a trial -- Little sister, thirteen years old -- A mother's story -- Naive or primitive? …”
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Jesuits and Matriarchs : Domestic Worship in Early Modern China / by Amsler, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…Clothes make the man: the Jesuits' adoption of literati masculinity -- A kingdom of virtuous women: Jesuit descriptions of China's moral topography -- A source of creative tension: literati Jesuits and priestly duties -- Strengthening the marital bond: the Christianization of Chinese marriage -- Praying for progeny: women and Catholic spiritual remedies -- Domestic communities: women's congregations and communal piety -- Sharing genteel spirituality: the female networks of the Xus of Shanghai -- A widow and her virgins: the domestic convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing -- Fabrics of devotion: Catholic women's pious patronage -- Women and gender in global Catholicism.…”
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Folklore/Cinema : Popular Film as Vernacular Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Stanley -- Allegories of the undead / Carol E. Henderson -- The virgin victim / K.A. Laity -- Beyond communitas / LuAnne Roth.…”
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