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Biblical Studies

Selected Works

1998

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Bounded Identities: Women And Religion In Colonial Brazil, 1550–1750, Carole A. Myscofski Sep 1998

Bounded Identities: Women And Religion In Colonial Brazil, 1550–1750, Carole A. Myscofski

Carole Myscofski

This article examines the creation of women’s gender identity in the religious discourse of colonial Brazil and documents the creation of two separate norms—one for elite women and another for slave, lower-class, and mixed-race women. The Roman Catholic Church, closely linked with the Portuguese monarchic state and its colonial ambitions, transmitted both norms in religious guidebooks, missionary letters and sermons. This summary centers on the defining role for women in marriage, and indicates that the epoch of colonial Brazil is particularly important for feminist        study. With the increasingly disparate perspectives on women from Late Antiquity, the Humanists, and Counter-Reformation …

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Biblical Narratives And Christian Decision, Miroslav Kis Jan 1998

Biblical Narratives And Christian Decision, Miroslav Kis

Miroslav Kis

No abstract provided.

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Book Review Of A Passion For Truth: The Intellectual Coherence Of Evangelicalism, By Alister Mcgrath, Denis Fortin Jan 1998

Book Review Of A Passion For Truth: The Intellectual Coherence Of Evangelicalism, By Alister Mcgrath, Denis Fortin

Denis Fortin

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Philosophical Foundations And The Biblical Sanctuary, Fernando L. Canale Jan 1998

Philosophical Foundations And The Biblical Sanctuary, Fernando L. Canale

Fernando L. Canale

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Review Of Heretics: The Other Side Of Early Christianity, By Gerd Ludemann., Sheila Mcginn Dec 1997

Review Of Heretics: The Other Side Of Early Christianity, By Gerd Ludemann., Sheila Mcginn

Sheila E McGinn

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