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... images for the state die out following the so - called separation of church and state in the Constitution ? Clearly the persistence of these biblical images , most of them from the Old Testament , demands some analysis . The topic has a ...
... images for the state die out following the so - called separation of church and state in the Constitution ? Clearly the persistence of these biblical images , most of them from the Old Testament , demands some analysis . The topic has a ...
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... images were images of a nation or of some purified remnant thereof , these Old Testament images seemed particularly appropriate for use under American circumstances . What is being claimed here is that the ef- fective loss of the ...
... images were images of a nation or of some purified remnant thereof , these Old Testament images seemed particularly appropriate for use under American circumstances . What is being claimed here is that the ef- fective loss of the ...
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... images to develop the story of black lib- eration in America . James Cone's powerful interpretation of the ... image of the suffering servant of the second Isaiah as applying to American blacks in a mission to the oppressed peoples of ...
... images to develop the story of black lib- eration in America . James Cone's powerful interpretation of the ... image of the suffering servant of the second Isaiah as applying to American blacks in a mission to the oppressed peoples of ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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