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... Christian background . God's reality and his endowment of people with freedom seemed as com- pelling to them as the ... Christian heritage of belief with them . Their ar- guments from nature and reason already presupposed the insights of ...
... Christian background . God's reality and his endowment of people with freedom seemed as com- pelling to them as the ... Christian heritage of belief with them . Their ar- guments from nature and reason already presupposed the insights of ...
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... Christianity the largely lost dimension of the people of God , that is , the New Testament " ecclesia . " This creative recovery of authentic identity could strengthen the true mission of our Christian communities and thus give more ...
... Christianity the largely lost dimension of the people of God , that is , the New Testament " ecclesia . " This creative recovery of authentic identity could strengthen the true mission of our Christian communities and thus give more ...
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... Christian theologian because he does not share the basic faith in God's incarnating and redeeming activity in Jesus Christ that the Christian theologian tries to ex- pound as the center of his understanding of reality . Much more than ...
... Christian theologian because he does not share the basic faith in God's incarnating and redeeming activity in Jesus Christ that the Christian theologian tries to ex- pound as the center of his understanding of reality . Much more than ...
Contents
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
Copyright | |
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