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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Calvin at the centre Calvin at the centre Paul Helm Calvin at the Centre explores the consequences of various ideas in the thought of John Calvin, and the influence of his ideas on later theologians. The book sets to one side the assumption that Calvi… OL15495485W
A people of one book A people of one book Timothy Larsen The scripture-saturated culture of nineteenth-century England is displayed by Timothy Larsen in a series of lively case studies of representative figures ranging from the Quaker prison reformer Eliza… OL15934082W
St. John and the Victorians St. John and the Victorians Wheeler, Michael "The Gospel according to St John, often regarded as the most important of the gospels in the account it gives of Jesus' life and divinity, received close attention from nineteenth-century biblical sc… OL16015117W
Fire and light Fire and light James MacGregor Burns Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian James MacGregor Burns explores the most daring and transformational intellectual movement in history, the European and American Enlightenment In this … OL19970764W
The mysticism of Hebrews The mysticism of Hebrews Jody A. Barnard "Jody A. Barnard explores the role of Jewish apocalyptic mysticism in the epistle to the Hebrews. He argues that there are numerous apocalyptic and mystical themes appropriated in Hebrews, and that t… OL20955709W
The Decalogue and its cultural influence The Decalogue and its cultural influence Dominik Markl "The 22 papers in this volume offer the richest and most wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection of studies on the reception of the Decalogue in culture, and will prove to be a fundamental resource… OL20957664W
Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia Inside the Stalin Archives : Discovering the New Russia Jonathan Brent To most Americans, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to confront its tortured past. Here, … OL5969482W
April 4, 1968 April 4, 1968 Michael Eric Dyson On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King-the prophet for racial and economic … OL92695W