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Preface: From the Editor |
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From the Reference Librarian: Apractical Guide to Doing Research |
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Introduction: Religion, Spirituality, and the Question of God |
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What is Religion? |
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What is Spirituality For? |
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Tradition |
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How Big Is (My) Religion? |
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Atrip to Tuscany |
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This Book Has a Worldiview |
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Discerning the Mystery of God |
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From the Reference Librarian: Researching "God" |
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| Part I. |
THE SACRED SCRIPTURES AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY |
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The Old Testament |
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From the Reference Librarian: Researching Bible Topics - Old Testament |
73 |
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The New Testament and Other Early Chritian Literature |
77 |
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From the Reference Librarian: Researching Bible Topics - New Testament |
97 |
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CHRISTOLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY: FOLLOWING CHRIST IN A COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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Christology_"Who Do You Say That I Am?" |
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From the Reference Librarian: Researching Theological Topics - Christology |
126 |
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The Perople of God: The Church |
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From the Reference Librarian: Researching Using the Internet - Ecclesiology |
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Protestantism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism: Changing Contours of Christianity in the Modern era |
155 |
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From the Reference Librarian: Getting the Most out of Encyclopedias |
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Grace and Sacraments: The Mystery of the Divine-Human Encounter |
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From the Reference Librarian: Combining Subject Headings-Sacraments |
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THE CHURCH'S MISSION IN THE WORLD |
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Christian Morality: Choosing God in This World |
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From the Reference Librarian: The Synoptic Outline-Moral Issues |
240 |
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Social Justice: Gospel Witness and Mission of the Church |
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From the Reference Librarian: "Floating" Subdivisions and Social Justice Issues |
268 |
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THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS: CATHOLICISM AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH JUDAISM, ISLAM |
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Judaism, the Jewish People and the Church |
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From the Reference Librarian: The Encyclopedia Index in Research-Judaism |
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Islamic Religious Expperience: Roundations, Scripture, and Spirituality |
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From the Reference Librarian: Synoptic Outlies of Contents for all Topics-Islam |
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CATHOLIC THEOLOTY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT |
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Catholic Theology in a Global Context: A World Church |
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From the Reference Librarian: Geographical Descriptors-World Christianity |
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Index |
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