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BABEL, TOWER OF:

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):

BALLARD, Edna Anne Wheeler (1886-1971):

BALLARD, Guy (1878-1939):

BALTHASAR, Hans Urs von (1905-):

BARLAAM AND JOASAPH:

BARMEN DECLARATION:

BARTH, Karl (1886-1968):

BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE:

BASIL, RULE OF:

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:

BECKET, Thomas à(1118-1170):

BEDE, the Venerable (673-735):

BELGIC CONFESSION:

BELLARMINE, Robert (1542-1621):

BENDA, Julien (1867-1956):

BENEDICT OF NURSIA (480-547):

BENEDICT, RULE OF:

BENEDICTINE ORDER:

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):

BEZA, Theodore (1519-1605):

BHAGAVAD-GĪTA:

BIBLICAL CRITICISM:

BLAKE, William (1757-1827):

BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891):

BLOCH, Ernst (1880-1959):

BOAS, Franz (1858-1942):

BODIN, Jean (1530-1596):

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 THE DEAD:

BOOTH, William (1829-1912):

BRADLAUGH, Charles (1833-1891):

BRADLEY, Francis Herbert (1846-1924):

BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601):

BRĀHMO SAMĀJ:

BRANHAM, William Marion, "Bill" (1909-1966):

BREATHING CONTROL:

BRETHREN OF THE COMMON LIFE:

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):

BUDDHAGHOSA (4th-5th century A.D.):

BUDDHIST SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:

BULTMANN, Rudolf (1884-1976):

BUNYAN, John (1628-1688):

BURKE, Edmund (1729-1797):

BURNS, Robert (1759-1796):

BUSHNELL, Horace (1802-1876):

BUTLER, Joseph (1692-1752):

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INTELLECTUAL:

until the middle of the twentieth century intellectuals, intellectualism and intelligentsia had unfavorable connotations in English implying theorists lacking common sense. This usage has changed somewhat to a more neutral usage describing what people do. Sometimes, however, intellectuals are identified with generalists who tend to identify with causes as opposed to specialists who know an issue in depth.