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  • 51Imperialism —    A word of polemical power, analytical imprecision, and historically variant meaning, the term imperialism is used in this volume to describe the period of rapid European expansion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism is …

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  • 52APOLOGETICS — introduction against hellenism in the talmud and midrash in relation to christianity medieval apologetics sefer ha kuzari islam spain and southern france northern france 14TH AND 15TH CENTURY SPAIN italy the rest of europe In the 18th Century In… …

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  • 53John Calvin — Barcelona, Spain (1554) Born Jean Cauvin 10 July 1509(1509 07 10) Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France …

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  • 54Syncretism — For the linguistic term, see syncretism (linguistics). Syncretism (English pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/) is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means combining , but see below …

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  • 55Voltaire — For other uses, see Voltaire (disambiguation). François Marie Arouet Voltaire Voltaire at 24, by Catherine Lusurier after Nicolas de Largillière s painting Born 21 November 1694 Paris, France Died …

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  • 56Theodore Beza — (Théodore de Bèze or de Besze) (June 24, 1519 ndash; October 13, 1605) was a French Protestant Christian theologian and scholar who played an important role in the early Reformation. A member of the monarchomaque movement who opposed absolute… …

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  • 57Holocaust denial — Antisemitism Part of Jewish history …

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  • 58Sun Ra — Infobox musical artist Name = Sun Ra Img capt = Sun Ra at the New England Conservatory of Music, February 27, 1992 Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Herman Poole Blount Alias = Sun Ra, Le Sony r Sun Ra Born = birth… …

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  • 59Mircea Eliade — Eliade redirects here. For other persons of the same name, see Eliade (surname). Mircea Eliade Born March 13, 1907(1907 03 13) Bucharest, Romania Died April 22, 1986( …

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  • 60Patriarch Gennadios II of Constantinople — Gennadius II (in Greek Γεννάδιος Β ) (lay name Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios, in Greek Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος) (c. 1400 ndash; c. 1473), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464, philosopher and theologian, was one of the… …

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