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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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BUNYAN, John (1628-1688):

one of the greatest influences on popular CHRISTIAN PIETY of all time. A PURITAN PREACHER and writer, he was frequently imprisoned for his radical CHRISTIAN and political BELIEFS. While in prison he wrote Grace Abounding (1666), The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), and The Holy War (1682). These classical works have been translated into many languages and have had a significant effect on popular religious and political movements throughout the world.