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  • Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, used primarily in ... Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ...
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  • Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...
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  • , Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) (Alternative transliterations of ... ) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and ...
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  • an American singer, songwriter, band leader, and mandolin player, often referred ... Monroe developed his technique and the furious tempo that often characterizes ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated ...
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  • (the Dialogist) in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote. Gregory ... A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ...
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  • folk musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his powerful ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...
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  • The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...
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  • The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...
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  • John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was one of the most ... by undermining the Augustinian concept of divine illumination of the ...
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  • was a first-century CE Jewish-Idumean ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore ... The son of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled as a client king of the ...
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  • Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to ...
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  • "messenger") is a supernatural and ethereal being found in many ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...
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  • The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... From its first incarnation as the Manhattan Opera House, home of Oscar ...
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  • 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his ... enough serious commentary on current affairs and on events in the worlds of ...
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  • Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...
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  • , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... Marbury, who had been appointed as Justice of the Peace in the District of ...
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  • Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...
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  • is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...
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  • yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...
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