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Normative Political Theology as Intensified Critique
David Newheiser. (2018). Normative Political Theology as Intensified Critique. Political Theology. 19(8), pp. 669-674. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2018.1520800

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"Religion" and Its Other: A Response to Gregg Lambert, Return Statements
Newheiser, David. (2018). "Religion" and Its Other: A Response to Gregg Lambert, Return Statements. Philosophy Today. 62(4), pp. 1277-1282. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtoday2018624250

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Infinite value and the best of all possible worlds
Climenhaga, Nevin. (2018). Infinite value and the best of all possible worlds. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 97(2), pp. 367 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12383

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'Lasst uns zur freundlichkeit gehen': A saying misattributed to Papias of Hierapolis
Carlson, Stephen. (2018). 'Lasst uns zur freundlichkeit gehen': A saying misattributed to Papias of Hierapolis. Journal of Theological Studies. 69(2), pp. 573 - 576. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fly119

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The meaning of κλύστας and the value of a μαχαίριον: Vita Dosithei (BHG 2117) and healthcare in Gazan monasteries
Zecher, Jonathan L.. (2018). The meaning of κλύστας and the value of a μαχαίριον: Vita Dosithei (BHG 2117) and healthcare in Gazan monasteries. Analecta Bollandiana. 136(1), pp. 43 - 55. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ABOL.4.2018024

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A metaliterary approach to Ursicinus' outburst (Amm. Marc. 20.2.4)
Hanaghan, Michael. (2018). A metaliterary approach to Ursicinus' outburst (Amm. Marc. 20.2.4). Philologus: Zeitschrift fuer antike Literatur und ihre Rezeption. 162(1), pp. 112 - 136. https://doi.org/10.1515/phil-2017-0027

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Hermogenes the smith and narrative characterisation in the acts of Paul: A note on the reception of 2 Timothy
Edsall, Ben. (2018). Hermogenes the smith and narrative characterisation in the acts of Paul: A note on the reception of 2 Timothy. New Testament Studies. 64(1), pp. 108 - 121. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688517000248

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Narrow content
Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani and Hawthorne, John. (2018). Narrow content Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785965.001.0001

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Making power: Gender, materiality, performativity and Catherine de' Medici
Broomhall, Susan. (2018). Making power: Gender, materiality, performativity and Catherine de' Medici. In In E. Dermineur, A. Sjogren and V. Langum (Ed.). Revisiting Gender in European History, 1400-1800 pp. 145 - 168 Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315188966

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Literary eyewitnesses: The appeal to an eyewitness in John and contemporaneous literature
Litwa, M. David. (2018). Literary eyewitnesses: The appeal to an eyewitness in John and contemporaneous literature. New Testament Studies. 64(3), pp. 343 - 361. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688518000073

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The reception of evagrian psychology in the Ladder of Divine Ascent: John Cassian and Gregory Nazianzen as sources and conversation partners
Zecher, Jonathan. (2018). The reception of evagrian psychology in the Ladder of Divine Ascent: John Cassian and Gregory Nazianzen as sources and conversation partners. Journal of Theological Studies. 69(2), pp. 674 - 713. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fly125

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Luther, conflict, and Christendom: Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West
Ocker, Christopher. (2018). Luther, conflict, and Christendom: Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108178624

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Thoreau's Woodchopper, Wordsworth's Leech-gatherer, and the representation of “Humble and Rustic Life”
Balthrop-Lewis, Alda. (2018). Thoreau's Woodchopper, Wordsworth's Leech-gatherer, and the representation of “Humble and Rustic Life”. In In C. Deane-Drummond and R. Artinian-Kaiser (Ed.). Theology and ecology across the discipline: On care for our common home pp. 39 - 52 Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780567672766.ch-004

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The Nietzschean precedent for anti-reflective, dialogical agency
Alfano, Mark. (2018). The Nietzschean precedent for anti-reflective, dialogical agency. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 41, pp. 12 - 13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17000620

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The language of luxury in Renaissance Florence
Howard, Peter. (2018). The language of luxury in Renaissance Florence. In In C. Kovesi (Ed.). Luxury and the ethics of greed in early modern Italy pp. 47 - 70 Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.EER-EB.5.115722

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Intuitions are used as evidence in philosophy
Climenhaga, Nevin. (2018). Intuitions are used as evidence in philosophy. Mind: A Quarterly review of philosophy. 127(505), pp. 69 - 104. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzw032

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Narrow content and ur-content
Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani and Hawthorne, John. (2018). Narrow content and ur-content. In Narrow Content pp. 72 - 105 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785965.003.0004

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Pliny's epistolary directions
Hanaghan, Michael. (2018). Pliny's epistolary directions. Arethusa. 51(2), pp. 137 - 162. https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2018.0006

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Le kaléidoscope de Faulkner
Romano, Claude. (2018). Le kaléidoscope de Faulkner. Cycnos. 34(2), pp. 53 - 68.

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Rhythm: A theological category
Eikelboom, Lexi. (2018). Rhythm: A theological category Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198828839.001.0001

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Languages of the pulpit in Quattrocentro Florence
Howard, Peter. (2018). Languages of the pulpit in Quattrocentro Florence. In In E. Del Soldato and A. Rizzi (Ed.). City, Court, Academy: Language Choice in Early Modern Italy pp. 31 - 46 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315146249

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The intelligibility of moral intransigence: A dilemma for cognitivism about moral judgment
Cosker-Rowland, Rach. (2018). The intelligibility of moral intransigence: A dilemma for cognitivism about moral judgment. Analysis. 78(2), pp. 266 - 275. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anx140

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Quasi-internalism
Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani and Hawthorne, John. (2018). Quasi-internalism. In Narrow Content pp. 158 - 175 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785965.003.0006

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William Morris and the uses of nostalgia: Memory in the early and late poetry
Alfano, Veronica. (2018). William Morris and the uses of nostalgia: Memory in the early and late poetry. Victorian Studies: a journal of the humanities, arts and sciences. 60(2), pp. 243 - 254. https://doi.org/10.2979/victorianstudies.60.2.10

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John Chrysostom On Almsgiving and the Therapy of the Soul
Bae, Junghun. (2018). John Chrysostom On Almsgiving and the Therapy of the Soul [Thesis]. https://doi.org/10.26199/5b84d5eabcf7f

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Rationality and narrow content
Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani and Hawthorne, John. (2018). Rationality and narrow content. In Narrow Content pp. 130 - 157 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785965.003.0005

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Cultures of secrecy in pre-modern papal elections
Pattenden, Miles. (2018). Cultures of secrecy in pre-modern papal elections. In In S. Ferente, L. Kunčević and M. Pattenden (Ed.). Cultures of Voting in Pre-Modern Europe pp. 94 - 112 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351255042-7

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Are we hardwired to believe in God? Natural signs for God, evolution, and the sensus divinitatis
Evans, C. Stephen. (2018). Are we hardwired to believe in God? Natural signs for God, evolution, and the sensus divinitatis. In In A. B. Torrance and T. H. McCall (Ed.). Knowing creation: Perspectives from theology, philosophy, and science; volume 1 pp. 195 - 213 Zondervan.

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Identifying virtues and values through obituary data-mining
Alfano, Mark, Higgins, Andrew and Levernier, Jacob. (2018). Identifying virtues and values through obituary data-mining. Journal of Value Inquiry. 52(1), pp. 59 - 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-017-9602-0

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This is not the end: The present age and the eschaton in Mark's narrative
Edsall, Ben. (2018). This is not the end: The present age and the eschaton in Mark's narrative. Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 80(3), pp. 429 - 447. https://doi.org/10.1353/cbq.2018.0091

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Derrida and the danger of religion
Newheiser, David. (2018). Derrida and the danger of religion. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 86(1), pp. 42 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfx026

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Kantian constructivism, autonomy, and religious ethics
Lockwood, Charles. (2018). Kantian constructivism, autonomy, and religious ethics. In In K. Jung (Ed.). Religious ethics and constructivism: A metaethical inquiry pp. 104 - 127 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315102764

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Moderate modal skepticism
Strohminger, Margot and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani. (2018). Moderate modal skepticism. In In M. A. Benton, J. Hawthorne and D. Rabinowitz (Ed.). Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology pp. 302 - 321 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198798705.003.0016

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How to sabotage a secret society: The demise of Carl Friedrich Bahrdt’s German Union in 1789
McKenzie-McHarg, Andrew. (2018). How to sabotage a secret society: The demise of Carl Friedrich Bahrdt’s German Union in 1789. Historical Journal. 61(2), pp. 379 - 402. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X17000012

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"He doubted that these things actually happened": Knowing the other world in the Tractatus de Purgatorio sancti Patricii
Barbezat, Michael. (2018). "He doubted that these things actually happened": Knowing the other world in the Tractatus de Purgatorio sancti Patricii. History of Religions. 57(4), pp. 321 - 347. https://doi.org/10.1086/696571

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Truth-conditionality
Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani and Hawthorne, John. (2018). Truth-conditionality. In Narrow Content pp. 63 - 97 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785965.003.0003

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Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, papyrus fragments, and ancient testimonies in a English translation with notes and introductions
Litwa, M. David. (2018). Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, papyrus fragments, and ancient testimonies in a English translation with notes and introductions Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316856567

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After the end of philosophy of religion
Champion, Michael. (2018). After the end of philosophy of religion. In In J. Kanaris (Ed.). Reconfigurations of Philosophy of Religion: A Possible Future pp. 71 - 97 State University Press of New York.

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Prophecy, ethical constraints, and unjust silence
Balthrop-Lewis, Alda. (2018). Prophecy, ethical constraints, and unjust silence. Journal of Religious Ethics. 46(1), pp. 157 - 166. https://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12210

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Burning bodies: Communities, eschatology, and the punishment of heresy in the Middle Ages
Barbezat, Michael. (2018). Burning bodies: Communities, eschatology, and the punishment of heresy in the Middle Ages Cornell University Press.

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