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  1. Religion in China (12456 bytes)
    42: Some consider the first entry of [[Christianity]] into China was the i...
    46: The first [[Jesuit]] attempt to reach China was made in ...
    50: ...s to China. The book ''[[The Small Woman]]'' and film ''[[Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]'' tell the sto...
    52: ...[[Cultural Revolution]], and there remains some official harassment in the form of arrests and interro...
    54: ... describes Yun's life from his call to preach the gospel across China and the enlargement of the house chu...
  2. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
    2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
    8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    10: ...ues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calypso music|calypso]], and [[Christmas]] s...
    18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
  3. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...z]], [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
    6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
    10: ...l-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. S...
    16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
    21: ...ical "Sing, Mahalia, Sing," (based on the life of gospel legend [[Mahalia Jackson]]) mainly because of her...
  4. Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
    1: ...nson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
    3: ...instream success came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound f...
    5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ...
    7: ...nducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]].
  5. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    4: ...iversity of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing gu...
    6: ...to [[Jackson, Mississippi]] in 1978 to record her first album, for [[Smithsonian]]/[[Folkways Records]...
    16: ...I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Redford]] film ''[[The Horse Whisperer]]'', the album received...
    18: ...ingle "Get Right With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key relea...
    31: *''Live @ The Fillmore'' - 2005
  6. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    7: ...ioles]]. This song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for family an...
    10: ...so recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is ...
    23: ...entation, including church bells, bagpipes, and a gospel choir, kept it away from the mainstream scene. Th...
    27: ...ternal to [[Atlantic Records]], called Igloo. Her first signing, which she co-produced, was the band "...
    30: ...ed '98" tour. Another tour followed in 1999, the "Five and a Half Weeks" tour with [[Alanis Morissette...
  7. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    6: ...e [[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
    8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
    13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
    17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
    27: According to the [[Gospel of James]], which, though not part of the [[New T...
  8. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    3: ...r of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
    13: ...reafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]], where the...
    17: ==Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel ==
    21: ...n:center">[[Image:GospelCar.jpeg]]<small><br>The "Gospel Car", 1918</small></div>
    23: ...she made a tour through the southern U.S. in her "Gospel Car," a 1912 [[Packard]] touring car with religio...
  9. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    6: ... the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him not. His utterance of her name "M...
    10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''==
    12: ...''. These writings reveal the degree to which the gospel was despised and dismissed by the early church fa...
    14: ...e go to the [[gentile | Gentiles]] and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of the [[son of man | Son of Man]]...
    22: ...of Thomas]]'', ''[[Pistis Sophia]]'', and The ''[[Gospel of the Egyptians]]'', reflects some of the tensio...
  10. Iconography (7643 bytes)
    2: ...onography''' is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that [[symbolism|symbolically]] m...
    4: ...(the drums of change, the flower of new life, the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, fe...
    6: ...have nothing to do with the photographic paper or film but rather the persons and events depicted. It ...
    8: ...[[icon]]s. In this way the congregation see the [[Gospel]] and the lives of the [[saint]]s in a very clear...
    13: ...erfect circle no matter which way the head of the figure points.
  11. Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
    1: ...hristInMajesty.jpg|thumb|250px|In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts...
    3: ...ted manuscript)|miniatures]]. In the strictest definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only...
    16: ...uminated manuscript, the text was usually written first. Sheets of [[vellum parchment|vellum]], anima...
    18: ...ped. Stocky, richly textured [[blackletter]] was first seen around the [[13th century]] and was parti...
    22: ...her markings, as in the case of the [[Lindisfarne Gospels]]).
  12. Greek language (35285 bytes)
    17: ... in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empire]]. Th...
    19: ...reek]] during medieval [[Greek history]] as the official and vernacular language of the [[Byzantine Em...
    32: ... alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
    34: ...century|20th]] centuries. Demotic Greek is the official language of the modern Greek state, and the m...
    38: ...n]] words, the foundation of international scientific and technical vocabulary. See ''[[English words...
  13. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    14: ... Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
    27: ... at the University of Virginia, has written the definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://...
    32: ...extensive vineyards planted at Monticello, a significant portion were of the European wine grape ''[[V...
    35: ...potential of the United States and is often classified a forefather of [[American exceptionalism]] (se...
    37: Jefferson was the first [[Secretary of State]] of the United States, s...
  14. United States (58223 bytes)
    2: ...f Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Two of the fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawa...
    12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United States|...
    35: ...titution''']]<br>&nbsp;- completed<br>&nbsp;- ratified<br>&nbsp;- effective|
    52: ...economic]], [[political]], [[military]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
    57: [[Image:George-Washington.jpg|thumb|250px|left|First [[President of the United States]], [[George W...
  15. Cuba (25106 bytes)
    8: ...e next fifty years. To the point that by the late fifties the cuban peso was valued very close to the ...
    10: ..., relations with the USA rapidly deteriorated. At first, Castro was reluctant to discuss his plans for...
    12: ...lanes and runways, clearing the way for more than fifteen-hundred Cuban patriots, and U.S. Special For...
    16: ...Cuba had over 50,000 troops. Castro stated at the first Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba in Dec...
    20: ... sea from this point on were interviewed by INS officials at sea. If there was a possibility they wer...
  16. Horus (19927 bytes)
    8: ... [[Nekhen]] (city of the hawk), that became identified as Horus very early on.
    10: ...d to be the father of these four ''children'', deifications of the jars, known as the [[Four sons of H...
    12: ...ba'' (i.e. ''lord of the perch'' or ''lord of the finger''), a form in which he was especially worship...
    21: ... Horus of the two horizons''. However, this identification proved to be awkward, for it made Ra the so...
    23: ...casionaly shown in [[art]] as a naked boy, with a finger in his mouth, sitting on a [[lotus]] with his...
  17. Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
    12: OfficialLang = None |
    58: Popular but "unofficial" regional designations include [[Green Countr...
    113: ... century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area.
    117: === Five Civilized Tribes ===
    122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forc...
  18. Medieval music (31843 bytes)
    3: ...] CE) and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Though establishing the end of th...
    9: ...otation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice an...
    11: ...lop. Harmony, in consonant intervals of fourths, fifths, and octaves, begins to be seen. Rhythmic no...
    17: ... of the 13th century uses the rhythmic modes as defined by Garlandia.
    19: ...of rhythmic notation. The first definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural sy...
  19. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    14: ...ant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buried, only to be re...
    21: ...6 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the cit...
    23: ...cited in his execution was leading a rebellion ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 23:1&ndash;5): he was called the "...
    27: ...att. 26:67&ndash;68; Isa. 50:6, 52:14&ndash;15; [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 14:65; Luke 23:63&ndash;64), whipp...
    29: ...s [[Gospels]] and [[Epistles]]; however, the four gospels are not considered to have been written eponymou...
  20. Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
    2: ...ld the office of [[bishop]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christia...
    4: ...ys to the gates of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
    8: ... Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
    11: ...(''i.e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how his mother-in-law was healed b...
    13: ...ish, He told them "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

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