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Politics in the pulpit: what would Jefferson do?
Magazine article from: Church & State; 10/1/2004; ; 662 words
; Pulpit-based politicking is nothing new in the United States...discourse, the fight of discussing public affairs in the pulpit. Jefferson went on to argue that the scope of human knowledge...preacher for the mixed purposes of lecturing them from the pulpit in chemistry, in medicine, in law, in the science ...
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Pulpit protest shakes fist at IRS, public opinion.(CENTURY news)(Internal Revenue Service)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...participate in a conservative Christian group's pulpit freedom protest on the last Sunday of...endorse political candidates from their pulpits, said the purpose was not to inject politics...federal law by endorsing candidates from the pulpit. These pastors flagrantly violated the...
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Pulpit and Politics.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 1/1/2005; ; 142 words
; Pulpit and Politics Corwin E. Smidt Baylor University Press One...data accumulated during the 2000 presidential election, Pulpit and Politics: Clergy in American Politics at the Advent...at the intersection of faith and electoral convictions, Pulpit and Politics is a seminal contribution to political ...
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Spiritual changes: Clinton's bully pulpit. (Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/5/1994; ; 700+ words
; THE TERM bully pulpit was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt...Writing about John Kennedys use of the bully pulpit, Douglas Cater notes that among the roles...that what a president says from his bully pulpit can be distinguished from the words of...
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The renaissance pulpit; art and preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 121 words
; 9782503513423 The renaissance pulpit; art and preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550...focus on the preaching context of the pulpits, this text surveys Tuscan examples notable...sculptors and expensive materials. The pulpits at Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella...
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Forbes leaves famed pulpit, not prophetic role.(News)(James A. Forbes Jr.)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 5/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Take James A. Forbes Jr. away from a pulpit and he is not himself. Forbes's old friend...country's most prestigious and visible pulpits, he hardly sounded wistful. In fact, Forbes...position, he believes, grants you a bully pulpit, but it doesn't protect you against dissent...
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John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit. By JEANNE SHAMI. (Studies in Renaissance...successful attempt to bring to heel a pulpit discourse threatening to spiral out of...towards censorship, his discretion in the pulpit, his sedulous avoidance of what she terms...
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Keep politics out of the pulpit, Americans say in newly released poll.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)
Magazine article from: Church & State; 10/1/2005; 315 words
; ...or discussing political issues in the pulpit, a new poll shows. The Pew Research Center...discuss candidates and issues from the pulpit. Thirty-one percent backed such pronouncements...data has consistently shown opposition to pulpit-based politicking. Even many evangelical...
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Between pulpit and pew.(CENTURY marks)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/16/2008; 91 words
; BETWEEN PULPIT AND PEW: Anglican clerics in colonial Virginia frequently reprimanded...devote a whole sermon to the need to pay attention in worship. Elevated pulpits gave the preacher a vantage point for keeping an eye on parishioners...
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JORDAN: LOCAL FIRM TO SUPERVISE RENOVATION OF PULPIT AT AL AQSA MOSQUE.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 10/6/2002; 118 words
; ...reconstruction of the Salahuddin Minbar (pulpit), burned down in 1969 in Jerusalem's Al...installed in the mosque once completed. The pulpit will be built according to specifications...University, Petra said, adding work to the new pulpit is expected to be completed within a year...
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pulpit
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
pulpit. An elevated stand of stone or wood for the preacher or reader. Pulpits first became general in the later Middle Ages. Except in...side of the nave is considered the proper place for the pulpit. The workmanship is sometimes elaborate. Pulpits are also...
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jack-in-the-pulpit
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...family, in particular three North American species (genus Arisaema ) with a green or purple-brown spathe: woodland jack-in-the-pulpit ( A. atrorubens ), swamp jack-in-the-pulpit ( A. triphyllum ), and northern jack-in-the-pulpit ( A. stewardsonii ).
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Nicola Pisano
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Italy. His first great work was the marble pulpit for the baptistery in Pisa, completed...of scenes from the life of Jesus. The pulpit is supported by elaborate columns, three...rest on carved lions. The shape of the pulpit and the use of antique prototypes are...
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Giovanni Pisano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the contract of Sept. 29, 1265, for the pulpit in the Siena Cathedral. The terms of his...art brought to Italy. Giovanni's marble pulpit for St. Andrea in Pistoia, completed in...Like Nicola Pisano's Pisa Baptistery pulpit, Giovanni's pulpit in Pistoia is hexagonal...
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Pisano, Nicola
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...sculptor. His first masterpiece was the pulpit for the Baptistry in Pisa (1260). In his work on the cathedral pulpit in Siena (1265–68), Pisano was...Gothic style. Giovanni produced two other pulpits: Santa Andrea, Pistoia (1298–1301...
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