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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Fugitive saints Fugitive saints Katie Walker Grimes "How should the Catholic Church remember the sins of its saints? This question proves particularly urgent in the case of those saints who were canonized due to their relation to black slavery. Today,… OL20055821W
Writing religious women Writing religious women Christiania Whitehead,Denis Renevey This collection of commissioned essays explores women's vernacular theology through a wide range of medieval prose and verse texts, from saints' lives to visionary literature. Employing a historicist… OL20627326W
The biographical works of Gregory of Nyssa The biographical works of Gregory of Nyssa International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (5th 1982 Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) viii, 274 pages ; 23 cm OL5373768W
Middle English saints' legends Middle English saints' legends John Scahill "Annotated bibliography covering two centuries of scholarly criticism on the extensive corpus of medieval saints' legends"--Provided by publisher. OL5817886W
Even higher Even higher Barbara Cohen A skeptical visitor to the village of Nemirov finds out where its rabbi really goes during the Jewish New Year, when the villagers claim he goes to heaven to speak to God. OL646009W
The Contendings Of The Apostles The Contendings Of The Apostles Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge The Ethiopic *Gadla Hawaryat* ('Spiritual contendings of the apostles') is a collection of Apocryphal acts of the apostles. OL7973829W