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BABYLON:
 
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY:
 
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750):
 
BACON, Francis (1561-1626):
 
BACON, Roger (1214-1292):
 
BAHĀ'Ī FAITH:
 
BAILEY, Alice (1880-1949):
 
BAKER-EDDY, Mary (1821-1910):
 
BALA:
 
BALANCE:
 
BALLARD, Edna Anne Wheeler (1886-1971):
 
BALLARD, Guy (1878-1939):
 
BALTHASAR, Hans Urs von (1905-):
 
BANARAS:
 
BAPTISM:
 
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BARTH, Karl (1886-1968):
 
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BASMALA:
 
BATHING:
 
BATSON, Gregory (1904-1980):
 
BAUER, Bruno (1809-1882):
 
BAUR, Ferdinand Christian (1792-1860):
 
BAVINCK, Herman (1854-1921):
 
BAVINCK, J. H. (1895-1964):
 
BAXTER, Richard (1615-1691):
 
BAYLE, Pierre (1647-1706):
 
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BECKET, Thomas à(1118-1170):
 
BECOMING:
 
BEDE, the Venerable (673-735):
 
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BELGIC CONFESSION:
 
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BELLARMINE, Robert (1542-1621):
 
BENDA, Julien (1867-1956):
 
BENEDICT OF NURSIA (480-547):
 
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BENEDICTION:
 
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832):
 
BERDYAEV, Nikolai (1874-1948):
 
BERG, David, "Moses" (1919):
 
BERGER, Peter L. (1934-):
 
BERGSON, Henri Louis (1859-1941):
 
BERKELEY, George (1685-1753):
 
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153):
 
BERNARDETTE OF LOURDES (1844-1879):
 
BESANT, Annie (1847-1933):
 
BETHEL:
 
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BEZA, Theodore (1519-1605):
 
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BIBLE:
 
BIBLICAL CRITICISM:
 
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BLACK MUSLIMS:
 
BLAKE, William (1757-1827):
 
BLASPHEMY:
 
BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891):
 
BLIK:
 
BLOCH, Ernst (1880-1959):
 
BOAS, Franz (1858-1942):
 
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BODHISATTVA:
 
BODIN, Jean (1530-1596):
 
BODYWORK:
 
BOEHME, Jacob (1575-1624):
 
BOETHIUS, Ancius Maniatus Severinus (480-524 A.D.):
 
BONAVENTURE (1217-1274):
 
BONHOEFFER, Dietrich (1906-1946):
 
BONIFACE (680-754):
 
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER:
 
BOOK OF LIFE:
 
BOOK OF THE DEAD:
 
BOOTH, William (1829-1912):
 
BORN AGAIN:
 
BOURGEOIS:
 
BRACKETING:
 
BRADLAUGH, Charles (1833-1891):
 
BRADLEY, Francis Herbert (1846-1924):
 
BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601):
 
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BRANHAM, William Marion, "Bill" (1909-1966):
 
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BRITISH ISRAELITES:
 
BRUNNER, Emil (1889-1966):
 
BRUNO (1032-1101):
 
BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600):
 
BUBER, Martin (1878-1965):
 
BUCER, Martin (1491-1551):
 
BUCHMANN, Frank (1878-1961):
 
BUDDHA:
 
BUDDHAGHOSA (4th-5th century A.D.):
 
BUDDHISM:
 
BUDDHIST SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:
 
BULTMANN, Rudolf (1884-1976):
 
BUNYAN, John (1628-1688):
 
BUREAUCRACY:
 
BURIAL:
 
BURKE, Edmund (1729-1797):
 
BURNS, Robert (1759-1796):
 
BUSHIDO:
 
BUSHNELL, Horace (1802-1876):
 
BUTLER, Joseph (1692-1752):
 
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JOHN OF SALISBURY (1115-1180):

one of the leaders of the twelfth century RENAISSANCE and the first medieval scholar to be acquainted with the entire works of ARISTOTLE.

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