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The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian ...

The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian ...

Thomas A. Tweed

In this landmark work, Thomas Tweed examines nineteenth-century America's encounter with one of the world's major religions.
America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence ...

America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence ...

Thomas A. Tweed

" In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism.
New Territories, New Perspectives: The Religious Impact of ...

New Territories, New Perspectives: The Religious Impact of ...

Richard J. Callahan

In 1998, religious studies scholar Thomas Tweed edited an important collection of essays entitled Retelling U.S. Religious History. Providing an introductory overview of different paradigms, Tweed identified several key models of U.S. religious ...
Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events: ...

Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events: ...

John Sykes

which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Berwick upon Tweed, from the earliest period of authentic ... J. D. Carlyle, 20; Dr. William Paley, 24 ; Mr. William Lam- shaw, 26 ; Rev. ... John Baillie, 30; Rev.
Recreation site planning and improvement in national ...

Recreation site planning and improvement in national ...

William C. Tweed

Sherman actually did not become Associate Forester until April 1920. FSHS, Arthur H. Carhart, "Special Report" (unpublished manuscript, 1974), p. 1. 10. Robert W. Cermak, "In the Beginning: The First National Forest Recreation Plan," Parks ...
Secret Peebles

Secret Peebles

Liz Hanson

One of the old houses in the Northgate is used as an art gallery by Moy Mackay, who creates vibrant landscapes from felted wool fibres, which have been praised by Kaffe Fassett. She has drawn inspiration from the Tweed Valley, where she ...
The Scots Magazine

The Scots Magazine

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Mr George Lockie, Boleside, stands on a bank of the Tweed by a stretch on which he was fisherman for nearly forty years. The Fisherman of Gala From A CORRESPONDENT QN association of words that surely would arouse no surprise if they ...
The Scots Law Times

The Scots Law Times

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MR MIDDLETON RETTIE is the friend of legal mankind in Scotland. Besouth the Tweed, where his immortal works are referred to, he drops into the anonymity of the Fourth Series ; but Scots, who know better than any kinless loon or lord in ...
Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion

Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion

Thomas A. TWEED

As Morten Schlütter notes in his brief but helpful overview, the Japanese pronunciation of the term kōan, which is an administrative and legal term meaning “public case,” has become standard in English usage, and I follow that practice here, ...
America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence ...

America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence ...

Thomas A. Tweed

... DC: National Presbyterian Church, 1996). G. Martin Moeller, Jr., AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C., 4th ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006),
American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship

American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship

Duncan Ryūken Williams

Thomas A. Tweed An American Catholic bishop once confided to me with dismay that the Vietnamese who attend mass in his archdiocese are 'not really Catholic.' Initially I was perplexed by this claim. Did he mean that they had not been ...
Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban ...

Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban ...

Thomas A. Tweed

" While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami, it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion, identity, and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland?
Manus × Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

Manus × Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

Andrew Bolton

Featuring 90 astonishing pieces, ranging from Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s iconic tweed suit to Karl Lagerfeld’s 3-D-printed version, and from Yves Saint Laurent’s bird-of-paradise dress to Iris van Herpen’s silicone adaptation — ...
Reading southern history: essays on interpreters and ...

Reading southern history: essays on interpreters and ...

Glenn Feldman

4 Frank L. Owsley's Plain Folk of the Old South after Fifty Years ANTHONY GENE CAREY At a meeting of the Southern Historical Association several years ago, a crowd of tweed-coated and blue-blazered men, and women in dark dresses, ...
Asian religions in America: a documentary history

Asian religions in America: a documentary history

Thomas A. Tweed

Asian Religions in America presents the breadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions through a wide range of documents -- written and visual, from both elite and popular culture -- dating from 1788 to the present.
29th Infantry Division: A Short History of a Fighting Division

29th Infantry Division: A Short History of a Fighting Division

Joseph H. Ewing

Leonard C. Tally. Darby R. Tutwiler, George E. Wardenfelt. Richard Tatara. Jr.. Joseph J. Tweed, Earl A. Warfield. Kenneth R. Taubman. Julius P. Twining. Everett C. Warfieid. Jr.. Medford Tavis, Thomas F. Tyler, Allen L. Warner. Sr.. Alfred 0.
The Navy List

The Navy List

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Name. White William . White William . White William H. White William G. White William R. ba kb White William S. . . Whitehouse Alfred . ... Williams William H. Williamson Andrew C. Williamson Richard Williamson William Retired Lilt. u UN ...
William in Trouble

William in Trouble

Richmal Crompton

In William in Trouble William Brown is back in a collection of ten Just William Stories - now with a brand-new cover look illustrated by Alex T. Smith. There is only one William.
William the Outlaw

William the Outlaw

Richmal Crompton

. . In William the Outlaw everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in a collection of ten Just William stories - now with a brand-new cover look illustrated by Sara Ogilvie. There is only one William.
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by his wife ...

William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by his wife ...

Elizabeth Amelia Sharp

WILLIAM SHARP (1896), after an etching by William Strang, A. R. A. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 58 WILLIAM SHARP (1883), after photograph taken in Rome 78 WALTER PATER, after a photograph by Frederick Hollyer 104 WILLIAM  ...
Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives

Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives

William Michael Murphy

William Butler Yeats and His Relatives William Michael Murphy ... For an excellent summary of the relationship, see William Dumbleton, "William Morris and the Yeatses," an unpublished paper read at Albany Institute of History and Art, 16 Apr.
The Papers of William Penn, Volume 5: William Penn's ...

The Papers of William Penn, Volume 5: William Penn's ...

William Penn

Hugh Barbour, “William Penn, Model of Protestant Liberalism,” Church History, ( June 1979): 156, 157; Edward C. O. Beatty, William Penn as Social Philosopher ( New York, 1939), p. 303; Dunn, pp. 45-50; Edward Grubb, “The Early Quakers,” ...
More William

More William

Richmal Crompton

William is up to his old tricks in More William, Richmal Compton's second set of classic William adventures.
The Panoplist, and Missionary Herald

The Panoplist, and Missionary Herald

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William Clark, Concord, N. H. □ Massachusetts, R. island, Connecticut, and E. New York. — Rev. ... William Elliott, \ater, Dorr, Howland, & Co. til, William Davidson, r'estboro', Robert B. Parkman, Andocer. ... Newport, William Guild, Providence, ...
Just William

Just William

Richmal Crompton

In Richmal Compton's Just William the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure. The only problem is that William is meant to be babysitting. But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang - he'll just bring the baby along!
Memoir of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass: and of ...

Memoir of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass: and of ...

Frances Manwaring Caulkins

A general subscription of inhabitants at Ipswich, in December, 1648, contains the names of William Adams and William Adams, Jun. William Adams died in 1661. William Adams, Jun. died in January, 1659. * It may be assumed with probability  ...
A Letter to William Gifford, Esq. from William Hazlitt, Esq. ...

A Letter to William Gifford, Esq. from William Hazlitt, Esq. ...

William Hazlitt

L E T T E R. TO WILLIAM GIFFORD, ESQ. FROM WILLIAM HAZLITT, ESQ. - “Fit pugil, et medicum urget.” ------------------- HLOnt)011: Printed by W. Swirin, King Street, seven dials. o #43}{4. rRINTED for John MILLER, BURLINGTON ARCADE , ...

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