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RELIGION

Miracles The Rise of
An Encyclopedia of Christianity
People, Places, and History, Documents,
Supernatural Events and Key Questions
from Antiquity to
the Present KEVIN W. KAATZ
An outstanding resource for
PATRICK J. HAYES, EDITOR
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philosophical, historical, religious, and cross-cultural conceptions Standard 3B
of miracles that cut across denominational lines.
KEVIN W. KAATZ is assistant professor in the Department of History
at California State University, East Bay Campus, Hayward, CA.
PATRICK J. HAYES, PhD, is the archivist for the Redemptorists
of the Baltimore Province and editor of the online journal,
Redemptorist North American History Bulletin.
Muhammad in
History, Thought,
Jesus in History, and Culture
Legend, Scripture, An Encyclopedia of
and Tradition the Prophet of God

A World Encyclopedia 2 VOLUMES | COELI FITZPATRICK
AND ADAM HANI WALKER, EDITORS
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This multifaceted work contextualizes Jesus in religion and Islamic and culture studies.
culture by bringing together articles on folklore, history,
literature, philosophy, popular culture, and theology. COELI FITZPATRICK is associate professor of philosophy in the
Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University
in Allendale, MI.
LESLIE HOULDEN is an Anglican priest and a retired professor
of the University of London. ADAM HANI WALKER is pursuing his doctorate in Islamic
history and completed his undergraduate studies in Arabic
ANTONE MINARD, PhD, is lecturer in the Department of Humanities (University of Leeds).
at Simon Fraser University at the University of British Columbia.

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