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The Devil's Dominion

Magic and Religion in Early New England

By: Richard Godbeer

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The Devil's Dominion

Magic and Religion in Early New England

By: Richard Godbeer

The Devil's Dominion examines the use of folk magic by ordinary men and women in early New England. The book describes in vivid detail the magical techniques used by settlers and the assumptions which underlaid them. Godbeer argues that layfolk were generally far less consistent in their beliefs and actions than their ministers would have liked; even church members sometimes turned to magic. The Devil's Dominion reveals that the relationship between magical and religious belief was complex and ambivalent: some members of the community rejected magic altogether, but others did not. Godbeer argues that the controversy surrounding astrological prediction in early New England paralleled clerical condemnation of magical practice, and that the different perspectives on witchcraft engendered by magical tradition and Puritan doctrine often caused confusion and disagreement when New Englanders sought legal punishment of witches.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521466709

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Witch Accusations in Seventeenth Century New England -U.S

By: Richard Godbeer

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Witch Accusations in Seventeenth Century New England -U.S

By: Richard Godbeer

This document collection explores why people living in the seventeenth century thought it reasonable to believe in witches and to accuse people of using witchcraft against their enemies. This requires students to set aside their own assumptions and reconstruct the premodern world that New England settlers inhabited through the analysis of primary sources. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1319233384

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Escaping Salem

The Other Witch Hunt of 1692

By: Richard Godbeer

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Escaping Salem

The Other Witch Hunt of 1692

By: Richard Godbeer

Turning an eye to a relatively unknown witchcraft trial in Stamford, Connecticut, Godbeer pens a gripping narrative that captures the mindset of colonial New England.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195161297

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World of Trouble

A Philadelphia Quaker Family's Journey through the American Revolution

By: Richard Godbeer

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World of Trouble

A Philadelphia Quaker Family's Journey through the American Revolution

By: Richard Godbeer

An intimate account of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of a Quaker pacifist couple living in Philadelphia Historian Richard Godbeer presents a richly layered and intimate account of the American Revolution as experienced by a Philadelphia Quaker couple, Elizabeth Drinker and the merchant Henry Drinker, who barely survived the unique perils that Quakers faced during that conflict. Spanning a half†‘century before, during, and after the war, this gripping narrative illuminates the Revolution’s darker side as patriots vilified, threatened, and in some cases killed pacifist Quakers as alleged enemies of the revolutionary cause. Amid chaos and danger, the Drinkers tried as best they could to keep their family and faith intact. Through one couple’s story, Godbeer opens a window on a uniquely turbulent period of American history, uncovers the domestic, social, and religious lives of Quakers in the late eighteenth century, and situates their experience in the context of transatlantic culture and trade. A master storyteller takes his readers on a moving journey they will never forget.

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Yale University Press

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0300248903

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Escaping Salem

The Other Witch Hunt of 1692

By: Richard Godbeer

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Escaping Salem

The Other Witch Hunt of 1692

By: Richard Godbeer

Richard Godbeer describes the witch hunt that took place in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1692, detailing the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to wails of pain and fright, who accused several women of bewitching her.

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0195161300

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Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa

By: Richard Frimpong Oppong

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Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa

By: Richard Frimpong Oppong

This book provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of private international law in Commonwealth Africa. It offers an unrivalled breadth of coverage in its examination of the law in Botswana, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The book is clearly and logically structured - it is organised around broad themes or issues, with country reports and accompanied by detailed commentaries. Drawing on nearly 1500 cases decided by courts in these countries and numerous national statutes, this book covers the four cornerstones of private international law: jurisdiction, choice of law, foreign judgements and arbitral awards enforcement, and international civil procedure. The author also provides an extensive bibliography of the literature on African private international law. Scholars and practitioners alike will find Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa invaluable and illuminating.

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1107433681

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The Profane, the Civil, and the Godly

The Reformation of Manners in Orthodox New England, 1679-1749

By: Richard P. Gildrie

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The Profane, the Civil, and the Godly

The Reformation of Manners in Orthodox New England, 1679-1749

By: Richard P. Gildrie

In this prize-winning study of the sacred and profane in Puritan New England, Richard P. Gildrie seeks to understand not only the fears, aspirations, and moral theories of Puritan reformers but also the customs and attitudes they sought to transform. Topics include tavern mores, family order, witchcraft, criminality, and popular religion. Gildrie demonstrates that Puritanism succeeded in shaping regional society and culture for generations not because New Englanders knew no alternatives but because it offered a compelling vision of human dignity capable of incorporating and adapting crucial elements of popular mores and aspirations.

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Penn State Press

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0271041056

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Colonial America

A History to 1763

By: Richard Middleton,Anne Lombard

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Colonial America

A History to 1763

By: Richard Middleton,Anne Lombard

Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies. Fully revised and expanded fourth edition, with updated bibliography Includes new coverage of the simultaneous development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, and extensively re-written and updated chapters on families and women Features enhanced coverage of the English colony of Barbados and trans-Atlantic influences on colonial development Provides a greater focus on the perspectives of Native Americans and their influences in shaping the development of the colonies

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444396285

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The Haunted Muse

Gothic and Sentiment in American Literature

By: Richard M. Magee

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The Haunted Muse

Gothic and Sentiment in American Literature

By: Richard M. Magee

The Salem witch trials, and the many narratives based on them, both contemporaneous and subsequent discussions, have had a powerful influence on the American national psyche, informing the nation’s political debates and propelling its fears. Perhaps one of the major reasons for the importance of the trials is how they conceive of and present a narrative of danger. The horror grows in and seems to threaten not just the body politic, but, perhaps more importantly, the domestic sanctuary. The home and hearth become a contested ground where good and evil fight for the souls of the inhabitants, or an infection that threatens to spread to other homes and, eventually, the entire community. The fear of witchcraft or demonic possession reveals not just a religious mania, but also a level of misogyny. Much has been made of the connections between witchcraft accusations and midwifery, homeopathy, and other, usually female, pursuits. The link between midwifery and witchcraft is especially interesting here, however, as it suggests an anxiety linked to notions of creation and procreation. This book proposes a link between the fears of usurped procreation elicited by the trials and fears of misdirected or usurped creativity. In many Gothic stories, the authors imagine their literary creations as children who have been transformed by malignant forces, much as the Puritans of 1692 feared that the devil was transforming their actual children. The home in the Gothic story becomes a warped version of the sacred domestic space of sentimental literature, and it transforms from refuge to place of terror. The authors examined here include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Rose Terry Cooke, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Ira Levin.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443892807

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World of Trouble

A Philadelphia Quaker Family's Journey through the American Revolution

By: Richard Godbeer

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A Philadelphia Quaker Family's Journey through the American Revolution

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The Devil's Dominion

Magic and Religion in Early New England

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Magic and Religion in Early New England

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Race and Redemption in Puritan New England

By: Richard A. Bailey

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Race and Redemption in Puritan New England

By: Richard A. Bailey

As colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a "citty upon a hill." Living the godly life preached by John Winthrop would have proved difficult even had these puritans inhabited the colonies alone, but this was not the case: this new landscape included colonists from Europe, indigenous Americans, and enslaved Africans. In Race and Redemption in Puritan New England, Richard A. Bailey investigates the ways that colonial New Englanders used, constructed, and re-constructed their puritanism to make sense of their new realities. As they did so, they created more than a tenuous existence together. They also constructed race out of the spiritual freedom of puritanism.

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0199987181

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Encounters of the Spirit

Native Americans and European Colonial Religion

By: Richard W. Pointer

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Encounters of the Spirit

Native Americans and European Colonial Religion

By: Richard W. Pointer

Historians have long been aware that the encounter with Europeans affected all aspects of Native American life. But were Indians the only ones changed by these cross-cultural meetings? Might the newcomers' ways, including their religious beliefs and practices, have also been altered amid their myriad contacts with native peoples? In Encounters of the Spirit, Richard W. Pointer takes up these intriguing questions in an innovative study of the religious encounter between Indians and Euro-Americans in early America. Exploring a series of episodes across the three centuries of the colonial era and stretching from New Spain to New France and the English settlements, he finds that the flow of cultural influence was more often reciprocal than unidirectional.

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0253116899

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Before Salem

Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663

By: Richard S. Ross III

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Before Salem

Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663

By: Richard S. Ross III

Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley. The advent of witch hunting in New England was directly influenced by the English Civil War and the witch trials in England led by Matthew Hopkins, who pioneered "techniques" for examining witches. This history examines the outbreak of witch hysteria in the Valley, focusing on accusations of demonic possession, apotropaic magic and the role of the clergy. Although the hysteria was eventually quelled by a progressive magistrate unwilling to try witches, accounts of the trials later influenced contemporary writers during the Salem witch hunts. The source of the document "Grounds for Examination of a Witch" is identified.

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McFarland

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1476627797

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Fissures in the Rock

New England in the Seventeenth Century

By: Richard Archer

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Fissures in the Rock

New England in the Seventeenth Century

By: Richard Archer

A comprehensive examination of the diversity and unity of New England life in the 17th century.

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UPNE

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1584650850

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Butterflies of the Cayman Islands

By: Richard Askew,Ann Stafford

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Butterflies of the Cayman Islands

By: Richard Askew,Ann Stafford

This book will enable the identification of each of the 57 species of butterfly that has been recorded from the Cayman Islands. There is a description of every butterfly, stressing its most important characteristics, with photographs of living and mounted specimens. The distribution, history and biology of each species are reviewed and the plants which provide adult butterflies with nectar or feed their caterpillars are tabulated. A general introduction includes a discussion of the affinities and size of the Caymanian butterfly fauna. The three islands share most of their butterfly species but each island has uniquely characteristic elements and five subspecies live only in the Cayman Islands. Knowledge is fundamental to conservation; it is hoped that both the casual butterfly watcher and those more committed to the study of butterflies will discover much of interest in this book and thereby make a contribution to the continuing survival of these beautiful insects.

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BRILL

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9004260870

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The Soteriology of James Ussher

The Act and Object of Saving Faith

By: Richard Snoddy

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The Soteriology of James Ussher

The Act and Object of Saving Faith

By: Richard Snoddy

Drawing on material from a range of genres, with extensive reference to manuscript collections, Richard Snoddy offers a detailed study of James Ussher's applied soteriology. After locating Ussher in the ecclesiastical context of seventeenth-century Ireland and England, Snoddy examines his teaching on the doctrines of atonement, justification, sanctification, and assurance. He considers their interconnection in Ussher's thought, particularly the manner in which a general atonement functions as the ground of justification and the extent to which it functions as the ground of assurance. The book documents Ussher's change of mind on a number of important issues, especially how, from holding to a limited atonement and an assurance that is of the essence of faith, he moved to belief in a general atonement and an assurance obtained through experimental piety. Within the framework of one widely accepted scholarly paradigm he appears to move from one logically inconsistent position to another, but his thought contains an inner logic that questions the explanatory power of that paradigm. This insightful study sheds new light on the diversity of seventeenth-century Reformed theology in the British Isles.

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0199338582

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FLAMES OF FREEDOM Grim & Perilous RPG

By: Richard Iorio,Daniel D. Fox

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FLAMES OF FREEDOM Grim & Perilous RPG

By: Richard Iorio,Daniel D. Fox

FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, based on the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG. It is the dawn of the American Revolutionary War of 1776. A tangled web of conspiracy spans North America. It does not matter what your creed, color, culture, faith or gender is—all stand together in the war for survival. Every Rebel patriot holds Thomas Paine’s Common Sense aloft as they take up arms against the British Empire. The city of Boston is occupied by the Red Coats, surrounded by Rebel militias. But as the revolution has begun, something far more mysterious stirs. Agents of the occult entreat both the Continental Army and British Empire. Freemasons conspire in the City of Brotherly Love. Maryland is in the throes of a witch hunt by the Knights Templar. Amid the chaos, other grim fairy tales have emerged. Ghouls have been tunneling beneath Boston. There are sightings of witches in the Great Dismal Swamp. Indigenous sachem speak of devils who walk among the living. The Leeds Devil haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. And worse still, a shadowy collective called “The Mandoag” seeks to consume all, Loyalists and Rebels alike. In this game, most people have either chosen to deny the supernatural or rationalize it away. A rare few accept it for what it is to act. You are among those heroes and destined for greatness… or death. This alternative history game includes most of what you need to play: a player’s handbook, a game master’s guide, a bestiary, and an introductory adventure set in Boston. All that’s left are a few friends, pencils and a handful of dice. FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, based on the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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152487230X

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Jolly Fellows

Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Richard Stott

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Jolly Fellows

Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Richard Stott

“Jolly fellows,” a term that gained currency in the nineteenth century, referred to those men whose more colorful antics included brawling, heavy drinking, gambling, and playing pranks. Reforms, especially the temperance movement, stigmatized such behavior, but pockets of jolly fellowship continued to flourish throughout the country. Richard Stott scrutinizes and analyzes this behavior to appreciate its origins and meaning. Stott finds that male behavior could be strikingly similar in diverse locales, from taverns and boardinghouses to college campuses and sporting events. He explores the permissive attitudes that thrived in such male domains as the streets of New York City, California during the gold rush, and the Pennsylvania oil fields, arguing that such places had an important influence on American society and culture. Stott recounts how the cattle and mining towns of the American West emerged as centers of resistance to Victorian propriety. It was here that unrestrained male behavior lasted the longest, before being replaced with a new convention that equated manliness with sobriety and self-control. Even as the number of jolly fellows dwindled, jolly themes flowed into American popular culture through minstrelsy, dime novels, and comic strips. Jolly Fellows proposes a new interpretation of nineteenth-century American culture and society and will inform future work on masculinity during this period.

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JHU Press

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0801897955

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The Supreme Court Sourcebook

By: Richard H. Seamon,Andrew Siegel

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The Supreme Court Sourcebook

By: Richard H. Seamon,Andrew Siegel

The Supreme Court Sourcebook provides carefully selected, edited, and analyzed materials on the Court, including academic literature, historical materials, internal court documents, Court filings, and judicial opinions. The flexible organization suits a variety of courses. An online component keeps the book current and interesting, with ready-to-use materials in pending cases for advocacy and opinion-writing simulations. The combined package gives professors a turnkey solution for teaching a theoretical course (examination of the Supreme Court as an institution), a hands-on course (simulations of oral argument and opinion writing in pending cases), or any custom combination in between. All of the authors have significant Supreme Court experience: Seamon served with now Chief Justice John Roberts in the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General, representing the U.S. in cases before the Court; Siegel clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens; Thai clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Byron R. White; and Watts clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens. Features: carefully selected, edited, and analyzed materials academic literature historical materials judicial opinions litigation papers internal court documents online component keeps the book current and interesting supplies ready-to-use packages of materials uses pending cases for advocacy and opinion-writing simulations flexible organization provides a turnkey solution for a variety of courses a theoretical course (examination of the Supreme Court as an institution) a hands-on course (simulations of oral argument and opinion writing in pending cases) any custom combination vast author experience working for and appearing before the Supreme Court Seamon served with now Chief Justice John Roberts in the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General, representing the U.S. in cases before the Court Siegel clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens Thai clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Byron R. White Watts clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens

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Aspen Publishing

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145483868X

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The Ma & Pa

A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad

By: George W. Hilton,Richard Godbeer

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The Ma & Pa

A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad

By: George W. Hilton,Richard Godbeer

The friend of my bosom": a Philadelphian love story -- "A settled portion of my happiness": friendship, sentiment, and eighteenth-century manhood -- "The best blessing we know": male love and spiritual communion in early America -- "A band of brothers": fraternal love in the Continental Army -- "The overflowing of friendship": friends, brothers, and citizens in a republic of sympathy.

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0801862949

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On the Fruit of the Vine

In Defense of Biblical Consistency

By: Richard Teachout

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On the Fruit of the Vine

In Defense of Biblical Consistency

By: Richard Teachout

In this book, Richard Teachout succinctly demonstrates and supports the biblical stand of complete abstinence from all alcoholic beverages. The compelling social concerns and the personal, pastoral testimonies Richard has included in the text add significant insight to the growing acceptance of social drinking among Christians. Missionary Richard Teachout has done independent Baptists a great service with his thorough, biblical study on wine. His treatment of the subject is logical, scriptural, and concise. Pastors will find a wealth of sermon material within the pages of this book, and the author's incontestable proofs for total abstinence will fortify the Christian who will read to learn - Dr. Ron Comfort - Back cover.

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2981121103

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The Safety Line

Evidence of Things Not Seen

By: Jerry Richard Boone

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The Safety Line

Evidence of Things Not Seen

By: Jerry Richard Boone

Does God exist? If so, what kind of God? And what about humankind? Questions like these drove Jerry Richard Boone to investigate spiritual matters for himself. He read, thought, and took notes. Gradually, the notes became chapters in this book about God. The author employs a straightforward readable style in setting forth his discoveries just as he experienced them. Reason, logic, and evidence, laced with a touch of humor and drama, present the reader with a message that is persuasive, at times controversial, and always personal.

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White Mane Pub

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1572491094

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The Journey of the Magi

Meanings in History of a Christian Story

By: Richard C. Trexler

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The Journey of the Magi

Meanings in History of a Christian Story

By: Richard C. Trexler

Matthew's Gospel reveals little about the three wealthy visitors said to have presented gifts to the infant Jesus. Yet hundreds of generations of Christians have embellished that image of the Three Kings or Magi for a myriad of social and political as well as spiritual purposes. Here Richard Trexler closely examines how this story has been interpreted and used throughout the centuries. Biblically, the Journey of the Magi presents a positive image of worldly power, depicting the faithful in progress toward their God and conveying the importance of the gift-giving laity as legitimators of their deity. With this in mind, Trexler explains in particular how Western societies have molded the story to describe and augment their own power--before the infant God and among themselves. The author demonstrates how the magi as a group functioned in Christian society. For example, magi plays, processions, and images taught people how to pray and behave in reverential contexts; they featured monarchs and heads of republics who enacted the roles of the magi to legitimate their rule; and they constrained native Americans to fall in line behind the magi to instill in them loyalty toward the European world order. However, Trexler also shows these philosopher-kings as competitive among each other, as were groups of different ages, races, and genders in society at large. Originally modeled on representations of the Roman triumphs, the magi have reached the present day as street children wearing crowns of cardboard, proving again the universality of the image for constructing, reinforcing, and even challenging a social hierarchy. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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