1617, 1717
in Remembering the Reformation
September 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Chapter. Subjects: Christianity. 8484 words.
This chapter focuses on the first two centenary jubilees of the Reformation in 1617 and 1717 and argues that they are similar in many respects. It makes clear that these commemorations were...
1883
in Remembering the Reformation
September 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Chapter. Subjects: Christianity. 9087 words.
After briefly mentioning some Reformation-related commemorations that took place after the tercentenary in 1817, this chapter profiles the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther’s birth in 1883...
1899–1999
in The Journal of Theological Studies
October 1999; p ublished online October 1999 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Religious Studies. 0 words.
1968
in The Religious Crisis of the 1960s
October 2007; p ublished online January 2008 .
Chapter. Subjects: Religious Studies. 9166 words.
This chapter examines the social and religious upheavals of 1968. In the later 1960s, hopes for speedy and radical changes in both church and society were at a very high level. Christian...
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Overview page. Subjects: Biblical Studies.
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt (Alexandria? Hence known as the Codex Alexandrinus) in the 5th cent. A few...
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in A Dictionary of the Bible
January 2009; p ublished online January 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biblical Studies. 85 words.
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt
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in A Dictionary of the Bible
May 2011; p ublished online October 2012 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Religious Studies; Biblical Studies. 84 words.
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt (
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Overview page. Subjects: Religion.
(Gk., alpha).
First letter of the Greek alphabet, combined with the last, Ω (omega), to refer to God as the beginning and the end, the all-encompassing.
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Overview page. Subjects: Religion.
Letter of negation in several languages, as in, e.g., atheism, adharma.
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Overview page. Subjects: Religion.
Symbol of emptiness (śūnyatā) and of the undifferentiated source of appearance in Zen Buddhism. In Japanese esoteric Buddhism (mikkyō), aji, the first sound in the Sanskrit alphabet,...
