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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ... is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]...
5: ... [[God]], classifying a Chinese belief system as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problema...
7: ...ciples and participating in [[ancestor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[...
9: Major belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese ...
11: ...e annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone who mediated between the f... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940...
2: ...urity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]...
6: ...You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Ti...
8: ...band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...oice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards fr...
6: ...ular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted...
8: ...ntic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...h her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...nson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ... had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...rn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she r...
7: ...nducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]]. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...ard]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...nity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: ...n Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ...8 that [[Rough Trade Records]] released the self-titled ''Lucinda Williams.'' The single "Changed the ...
10: ...'') in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for which Williams received the Grammy Award for ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...ared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [[Bj?] and [[Joni Mitchell]].
7: ...)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This song...
10: ...buted to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ter, it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me an... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...1502;רים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitter"; [[Septuagint]] [[Greek language|Greek]] '''&...
4: ==Historicity==
6: ...e [[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...x Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretati... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...r of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
17: ==Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel == - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...us]]. She is also a [[Roman Catholic]] [[saint]] with a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[July 22]...
6: ...hn 20:1|1]], [[John 20:2|2]]), (gaining her the epithet "apostle to the apostles") and again immediate...
10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''==
11: ...e, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of penitence painted by [[Ary Scheffer]].]] - Iconography (7643 bytes)
1: ...i]]'' is an [[iconography]] depicting [[Christ]] with his right hand raised in [[blessing]] and his le...
2: ...;, and so it is that '''iconography''' is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that [[...
4: ...ds, eyes, feet, and arms do not have to be taken literally.
6: ...nts depicted. It was also reckoned that the prohibition in the [[Old Testament]] scriptures against th...
8: ...lete way. Their usefulness cannot be matched by written text. Because the honor shown them passes over... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ...luminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this [[Miniature (illuminat...
3: ... medieval manuscripts, illuminated or not, were written on [[vellum]]. Beginning in the late middle a...
10: ...y Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud...
13: ...s appropriate for various times in the [[liturgy|liturgical day]].
16: ...ck, and the scribe went to work with ink-pot and either sharpened [[quill]] feather or reed pen. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
3: ...eece]], [[Cyprus]], south [[Albania]], [[Southern Italy]], south [[Republic of Macedonia|Former Yuglos...
13: ...]] with a documented history of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical period...
15: ...sation. It has been studied in schools and universities in many countries from the [[Renaissance]] onw...
17: ...estament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literature).
21: ...as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approximately 15 million speakers wo... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
16: ...icepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]
18: ...veowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
20: ...uisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...is own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ... of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', '''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''Am...
2: ...ited States also has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of th...
5: native_name = United States of America |
6: common_name = the United States |
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English l... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...lands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ...s independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]...
8: ... peso was valued very close to the us dollar. Illiteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the lati...
10: ...ed to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[197...
12: ...n Internatiional Nuclear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia. - Horus (19927 bytes)
8: ...en another falcon-god, worshipped at [[Nekhen]] (city of the hawk), that became identified as Horus ve...
10: ...f the jars, known as the [[Four sons of Horus]], with Isis, his wife, as their mother.
12: ...ed on a perch, known as the ''[[djeba]]'', which literally translates as ''finger'', in order to rest,...
17: ...side victorious, until eventually the gods sided with Horus.
19: .... While blind, it was considered that Horus was quite dangerous, sometimes attacking his friends after... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
1: ...[[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]] and its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''OK'''; others abb...
11: ...tal = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] |
13: ...estCity = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] |
23: DensityRank = 35<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 19.4 | - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...beginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
7: ... general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
9: ...m cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most co...
17: .... The line, once it had its mode, would remain in it until another ligature indicated a change. A Ger...
18: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...'Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jes...
8: ...erally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: ... Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orienta... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...Furthermore, most [[Protestant]]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of d...
4: ...ys to the gates of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
8: ...πετρα meaning rock. The Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Saint Peter professes J...
11: ...(''i.e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how his mother-in-law was healed b...
13: ... 5:1-10; [[Gospel of John|John]] 1:40-42), along with his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them...
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