Preaching During the English Reformation

Preaching to the unconverted.

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Witchcraft in France and Switzerland. The borderlands during the Reformation

Synaptic competition during the reformation of a neuromuscular map.

We have been studying the mechanisms whereby pools of motor neurons establish a rostrocaudal bias in the position of their synapses in some skeletal muscles. The serratus anterior (SA) muscle of the rat displays a rostrocaudal topographic map before birth, and the topography is re-established after denervation. In this report, we explore the potential role of synaptic competition between innerv...

Endogenous Political Legitimacy: The English Reformation and the Institutional Foundations of Limited Government∗

This paper opens the ‘black box’of political legitimacy and asks what role, if any, it played in the transformation of pre-modern England’s political system to one based on representation and the rule of law. Accordingly, the paper first presents a theory of endogenous legitimacy and why it influences the distribution of political power and thus policies, institutions, and outcomes. Applying th...

Newman on Rhetoric and Preaching

Title of Document: NEWMAN ON RHETORIC AND PREACHING Milton King, MA, 2007 Directed By: Professor Jeanne Fahnestock English Language and Literature In Newman studies, four current theological issues find resolution and application. Faith emerges as the best mode of reasoning for discerning truth, boosts theology’s academic status, and speaks to the felt need in academia to require students to en...