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... kingdom whereas the preceding Puritan period had emphasized the predestinating will of God as the primary reality of the kingdom . The third major emphasis upon the kingdom would come in the late nine- teenth century and into the ...
... kingdom whereas the preceding Puritan period had emphasized the predestinating will of God as the primary reality of the kingdom . The third major emphasis upon the kingdom would come in the late nine- teenth century and into the ...
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... kingdom without judg- ment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross " [ Richard Niebuhr 1959 , 193 ] . Niebuhr's thesis of " the kingdom of God " as the unifying strand present throughout three centuries of the American ...
... kingdom without judg- ment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross " [ Richard Niebuhr 1959 , 193 ] . Niebuhr's thesis of " the kingdom of God " as the unifying strand present throughout three centuries of the American ...
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... Kingdom of God in America . New York : Harper & Row , 1959 , p . 177. Quoted by permission of the publishers , Harper & Row , Publishers . Development of American Denominationalism 29 Constitution was accepted and the 28 American ...
... Kingdom of God in America . New York : Harper & Row , 1959 , p . 177. Quoted by permission of the publishers , Harper & Row , Publishers . Development of American Denominationalism 29 Constitution was accepted and the 28 American ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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