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The Work of Contemplation Then and Now: The Cloud of Unknowing and Present-Day Christian Mystical Practice
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous fourteenth-century Middle English
mystical text that discusses what its author calls the “work” of contemplation. In the late
twentieth century, the Cloud became an important resource ...
How Religious Narratives and Rituals Function in Constructing the Experience of Immigrants Within the Context of a Haitian Baptist Church in South Florida
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This dissertation examines how religious narratives and rituals function in
constructing the experience of immigrants within the context of a Haitian Baptist church in
South Florida. The church and its contexts are ...
The Victorian Preacher’s Malady: The Metaphorical Usage of Gout in the Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation examines the use of the gout metaphor in the life and writings of
one of Victorian England’s most eminent preachers and gout sufferers, the Baptist Charles
Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892). Careful scrutiny ...