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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:
 
BAPTISTS:
 
BARLAAM AND JOASAPH:
 
BARMEN DECLARATION:
 
BARTH, Karl (1886-1968):
 
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BARZAKH:
 
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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):
 
BEATIFIC VISION:
 
BEATIFICATION:
 
BECKET, Thomas à(1118-1170):
 
BECOMING:
 
BEDE, the Venerable (673-735):
 
BEHAVIORISM:
 
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BELGIC CONFESSION:
 
BELIEF:
 
BELLARMINE, Robert (1542-1621):
 
BENDA, Julien (1867-1956):
 
BENEDICT OF NURSIA (480-547):
 
BENEDICT, RULE OF:
 
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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:
 
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BISHOP:
 
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BLACK MASS:
 
BLACK MUSLIMS:
 
BLAKE, William (1757-1827):
 
BLASPHEMY:
 
BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891):
 
BLIK:
 
BLOCH, Ernst (1880-1959):
 
BOAS, Franz (1858-1942):
 
BODHI:
 
BODHI-TREE:
 
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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THEOLOGY:

from the Greek words theos, meaning deity, and logos or discourse means the study of GOD, the SACRED or divine and covers the entire range of issues concerning relationship of humans to God. Traditionally it refers to the CHRISTIAN enterprise of presenting a systematic, RATIONAL explanation and justification of FAITH through the use of CONCEPTS derived from PHILOSOPHY and LOGIC.

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