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Pliny's Seneca and the intertextuality of grief
Hanaghan, Michael Peter. (2023). Pliny's Seneca and the intertextuality of grief. In In Neger, Margot and Tzounakas, Spyridon (Ed.). Intertextuality in Pliny's Epistles pp. 149 - 163 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009294751

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Imagining God
Wolfe, Judith. (2023). Imagining God. Modern Theology. 40(1), pp. 97-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12846

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Female characters as modes of knowing in late imperial dialogues : The body, desire, and the intellectual life
La Valle, Dawn Teresa. (2023). Female characters as modes of knowing in late imperial dialogues : The body, desire, and the intellectual life. In In Ayres, L., Champion, M. and Crawford, M. (Ed.). The Intellectual world of late antique Christianity : Reshaping classical traditions pp. 347 - 365 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.021

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The Aëtian Placita and the church fathers : creative use of a distinctive mode of ordering knowledge
Runia, David T. (2023). The Aëtian Placita and the church fathers : creative use of a distinctive mode of ordering knowledge. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The intellectual world of late antique Christianity : Reshaping classical traditions pp. 198 - 220 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.014

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Reconsidering the Tholos Image in the Eusebian Canon Tables : Symbols, Space, and Books in the Late Antique Christian Imagination
Crawford, M.. (2023). Reconsidering the Tholos Image in the Eusebian Canon Tables : Symbols, Space, and Books in the Late Antique Christian Imagination. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 484-515 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.028

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Liturgical Modes of Knowing : Coming to Know God (and Oneself) in Sixth-Century Hymns and Homilies
Gador-Whyte, Sarah Elizabeth. (2023). Liturgical Modes of Knowing : Coming to Know God (and Oneself) in Sixth-Century Hymns and Homilies. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 548-568 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.031

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Prolegomena to Philosophy and the Ascetic Ordering of Knowledge
Champion, Michael Wesley. (2023). Prolegomena to Philosophy and the Ascetic Ordering of Knowledge. In In Ayres, L., Champion, M. and Crawford, M. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity : Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 569 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.032

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Modes of Knowing and Ordering Knowledge in Early Christianity
Crawford, Matthew Roy, Champion, Michael Wesley and Ayres, Lewis Odell. (2023). Modes of Knowing and Ordering Knowledge in Early Christianity. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 1-20 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.003

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Courtroom rhetoric in imperial and late antique philosophical dialogues
La Valle, Dawn Teresa. (2023). Courtroom rhetoric in imperial and late antique philosophical dialogues. In In Jolowicz, Daniel and Elsner, Jaś (Ed.). Articulating Resistance under the Roman Empire pp. 51 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108753425.003

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Formed by Jesus’ Thirst : Mother Teresa’s Reception and Interpretation of John 19:28
Davies, Rachel Annemarie Ulrike Elizabeth. (2023). Formed by Jesus’ Thirst : Mother Teresa’s Reception and Interpretation of John 19:28. In Theological Interpretation of Scripture as Spiritual Formation pp. 162-178 Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004529205_010

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An ecology of desire : Pierre d'Ailly's first theological work, a Latin commentary on the Song of Songs
Ocker, Christopher Michael. (2023). An ecology of desire : Pierre d'Ailly's first theological work, a Latin commentary on the Song of Songs. In The Song of Songs Through the Ages: Essays on the Song's Reception History in Different Times, Contexts, and Genres pp. 241-262 De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110750799-014

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The Negotiation of Meaning in Late Antique Clinical Practice: Alexander of Tralles and “Natural Remedies”
Zecher, Jonathan. (2023). The Negotiation of Meaning in Late Antique Clinical Practice: Alexander of Tralles and “Natural Remedies”. In Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities pp. 84-101 Routledge.

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Early modern variations on the theme of complicity : How Jesuits came to be linked with regicide
McKenzie-McHarg, Andrew. (2023). Early modern variations on the theme of complicity : How Jesuits came to be linked with regicide. Journal of Jesuit Studies. 10(1), pp. 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-10010006

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Jesuits, conspiracies, and conspiracy theories
McKenzie-McHarg, Andrew. (2023). Jesuits, conspiracies, and conspiracy theories. Journal of Jesuit Studies. 10(1), pp. 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-10010003

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A Kantian response to the problem of evil : Living in the moral world
Insole, Christopher J.. (2023). A Kantian response to the problem of evil : Living in the moral world. Religions. 14(2), p. Article 227. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14020227

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How place shapes the aspirations of hope : The allegory of the privileged and the underprivileged
Counted, Victor and Newheiser, David. (2023). How place shapes the aspirations of hope : The allegory of the privileged and the underprivileged. The Journal of Positive Psychology. pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2257654

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Demons only virgins can see : Divination with child-mediums as a medieval type of clerical child abuse
Barbezat, Michael. (2023). Demons only virgins can see : Divination with child-mediums as a medieval type of clerical child abuse. Journal of Ecclesiastical History. pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046923000581

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What is rational belief?
Dutant, Julien and Littlejohn, Clayton. (2023). What is rational belief? Nous. pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12456

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Temporality, emotion, and gender in Leonardo da Vinci's conceptualisation of natural violence
Broomhall, Susan. (2023). Temporality, emotion, and gender in Leonardo da Vinci's conceptualisation of natural violence. In In van Asperen, Hanneke and Jensen, Lotte (Ed.). Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times: Cultural Responses to Catastrophes pp. 39-59 Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.3610951.5

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Controlling powerful women : The emotional historiography of Catherine de' Medici
Broomhall, Susan. (2023). Controlling powerful women : The emotional historiography of Catherine de' Medici. In In Genieys-Kirk, Séverine (Ed.). Recovering women's past : New epistemologies, new ventures pp. 83-105 University of Nebraska Press.

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Parergon (new series) at 40
Jefreys, Elizabeth, Speed, Dianne, Lynch, Andrew, Burrows, Toby and Broomhall, Susan. (2023). Parergon (new series) at 40. Parergon. 40(1), pp. 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2023.a905412

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Epistemic probabilities are degrees of support, not degrees of (rational) belief
Climenhaga, Nevin. (2023). Epistemic probabilities are degrees of support, not degrees of (rational) belief. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12947

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Religious ethics as a social practice
Balthrop-Lewis, Kathleen Alda. (2023). Religious ethics as a social practice. Journal of Religious Ethics. 51(3), pp. 386-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12446

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Rufinus's version of Eusebius's Origen and the Politics of Martyrdom
Hanaghan, Michael and Carlson, Stephen C.. (2023). Rufinus's version of Eusebius's Origen and the Politics of Martyrdom. Journal of Early Christian Studies. 31(2), pp. 201-221. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2023.a899414

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The anti-father and his silent sons : Disability, healing, and critique in the Acts of John
Crabbe, Kylie. (2023). The anti-father and his silent sons : Disability, healing, and critique in the Acts of John. Harvard Theological Review. pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017816023000391

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Theological genealogies of modernity : An introduction
Sarisky, Darren. (2023). Theological genealogies of modernity : An introduction. Modern Theology. pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12868

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Prayer and suffering
Teubner, Jonathan D.. (2023). Prayer and suffering. In In Grebe, Matthias and Grössl, Johannes (Ed.). T&T Clark handbook of suffering and the problem of evil pp. 366-376 T&T Clark.

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Cyril of Alexandria’s renunciation of religious violence
Crawford, Matthew R.. (2023). Cyril of Alexandria’s renunciation of religious violence. Church History. 92(1), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000964072300063X

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Violence, emotions, and justice in the Hellenistic Period
Champion, Michael. (2023). Violence, emotions, and justice in the Hellenistic Period. In In Kiernan, Ben, Lemos, T. M. and Taylor, Tristan S. (Ed.). The Cambridge world of history : Volume 1 : Genocide in the ancient, medieval and premodern worlds pp. 257-277 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655989.012

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Writing doctors, body work and body texts in the French Revolution
Broomhall, Susan. (2023). Writing doctors, body work and body texts in the French Revolution. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 46(1), pp. 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12871

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Challenges for an experimentalist's skepticism about cases
Strohminger, Margot and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani. (2023). Challenges for an experimentalist's skepticism about cases. In In Vaidya, Anand and Prelević, Duško (Ed.). Epistemology of modality and philosophical methodology pp. 338-358 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002192-19

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Counterpart theory and counterfactuals
Hawthorne, John and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani. (2023). Counterpart theory and counterfactuals. In In Bennett, Karen and Zimmerman, Dean W. (Ed.). Oxford studies in metaphysics ; volume 13 pp. 129-165 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192886033.003.0005

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Henrik Ibsen, Emperor Julian, and the crisis of faith in modernity
Boswell, Brad, Crawford, Matthew R. and Stavrakopoulou, Anna. (2023). Henrik Ibsen, Emperor Julian, and the crisis of faith in modernity. Classical Receptions Journal. 15(2), pp. 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clad002

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Neither progress nor regress : The theological substructure of T. F. Torrance's genealogy of modern theology
Sarisky, Darren. (2023). Neither progress nor regress : The theological substructure of T. F. Torrance's genealogy of modern theology. Modern Theology. 39(4), pp. 607-626. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12854

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Spiritual direction as a medical art in early Christian monasticism
Zecher, Jonathan L.. (2022). Spiritual direction as a medical art in early Christian monasticism Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854135.001.0001

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The Hybrid Reformation : A Social, Cultural, and Intellectual History of Contending Forces
Ocker, Christopher Michael. (2022). The Hybrid Reformation : A Social, Cultural, and Intellectual History of Contending Forces Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108775434

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Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes : Three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome
Litwa, M. David. (2022). Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes : Three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/b22945

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Thinking theologically about the divine ideas : Reexamining the Summa of Thomas Aquinas
DeSpain, Benjamin R.. (2022). Thinking theologically about the divine ideas : Reexamining the Summa of Thomas Aquinas Koninklijke Brill NV.

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The Gospel of Truth
Litwa, Matthew. (2022). The Gospel of Truth. In Found Christianities : Remaking the World of the Second Century CE pp. 149 Bloomsbury Publishing plc.

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Carpocrates, Epiphanes, and Marcellina
Litwa, Matthew. (2022). Carpocrates, Epiphanes, and Marcellina. In Found Christianities : Remaking the World of the Second Century CE pp. 124 Bloomsbury Publishing plc.

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