Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: [[Image:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [h...
3: ...ginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many Chinese bel...
7: ... living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles and participating in [[ancestor worship]] ritua...
35: ...e ethnic groups|minority groups]] as the [[Hui people|Hui]], the [[Uyghur]]s, and the [[Kazakh]]s. The... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
10: ...ues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calypso music|calypso]], and [[Christmas]] s...
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
111: ==Samples==
112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon" - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...z]], [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
10: ...l-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. S...
21: ...ical "Sing, Mahalia, Sing," (based on the life of gospel legend [[Mahalia Jackson]]) mainly because of her...
33: *[[1956]] ''[[The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin]]''
53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]'' - 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...
7: ...nducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]]. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
4: ...ed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in [[Austin, Texas]] and [[Houston,...
8: ...cks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music ...
12: ... least says it is. But, for some reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that th...
18: ...ingle "Get Right With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key relea... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...gan studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned ...
10: ...playing by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt ...
20: ...center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song "Down by the Seaside"...
23: ...entation, including church bells, bagpipes, and a gospel choir, kept it away from the mainstream scene. Th...
30: ..., Amos' first with a full band, was known as the "Plugged '98" tour. Another tour followed in 1999, th... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...e [[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...dhood of Mary is given in the mid-2nd century ''[[Gospel of James]]''.The [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
13: ...t as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...e, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this perio...
17: ...ster Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cr... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...r of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
7: ...d a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ...been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a res...
11: ...mage:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...pulchre empty]] but saw the "vision of angels" ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matt]] 28:5). As the first witness to...
10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''==
12: ...church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designatio...
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... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
2: ...at [[symbolism|symbolically]] mean more than a simple depiction of the person involved.
4: ... blue-skinned (the color of [[heaven]]) with multiple arms holding various symbols depicting aspects o...
6: ...in [[Bible|scriptures]] concerning graven images split the church into two groups, the [[Iconoclasts]]...
8: ...he lives of the [[saint]]s in a very clear and complete way. Their usefulness cannot be matched by wri...
11: ... the Baptist|St John]] the forerunner are all examples of the [[symbolism]] found in [[icon]]s. - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
3: ...and time periods, they are the only surviving examples of painting.
5: For a list of pre-modern illuminated manuscripts please see [[List of Late Antique, Medieval, and Ren...
7: ...ook at a modern undertaking in progress right now please see http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/
10: ...ated capital letter P in a Bible of 1407AD, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bi...
13: ...l books: an altar Bible, for example. Wealthy people often had richly illuminated "[[book of hours|bo... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ...
52: ... reflects features of the older language. The examples below are intended to represent Attic Greek in ...
164: | [[plosive consonant|'''Plosive''']] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In...
32: ...Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now be... - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Lat...
35: ...s Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
52: ... profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Confederation]] with the [[...
58: ...er long [[Federalist papers|debate]], this was supplanted by the [[United States Constitution|Constitu...
60: ... rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1865]], th... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which...
10: ...ying to build [[socialism]] in Cuba, and opened diplomatic relations with the [[Soviet Union]]. A new ...
12: ...uban patriots, and U.S. Special Forces landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they...
16: ...cisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have survived the confron...
18: ...rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture]] ([[tobacco]],... - Horus (19927 bytes)
12: ...aning ''(ones) of the djeba'' (the reason for the plural is not understood, and may just have been a r...
17: ... that the moon was not as bright as the sun was explained by a tale, known as the ''contestings of Hor...
19: ...orus' right eye had also been gouged out, which explained why the moon, which it represented, was so w...
21: ... hellenic era. Consequently Ra and Horus never completely merged into a single falcon-headed sun god.
26: ...es the ''[[Top (sex)|top role]]''. However, Horus places his hand between his [[thigh]]s and catches S... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...ak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and...
56: ... (Northwestern Oklahoma and The Panhandle), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Cou...
60: ... plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]],
111: ... [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
113: In the [[16th century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
7: The general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration....
9: ... is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural decl...
11: ...s lines in a repeatable fashion. The use of multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has develop...
17: ...out 1240), the treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notatio...
19: ...t definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de Muris ([[J... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...enerally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
23: ...cited in his execution was leading a rebellion ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 23:1–5): he was called the "...
27: ...att. 26:67–68; Isa. 50:6, 52:14–15; [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 14:65; Luke 23:63–64), whipp...
29: ...s [[Gospels]] and [[Epistles]]; however, the four gospels are not considered to have been written eponymou...
31: ...book of [[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]]. The [[Gospel of Luke]] and the [[Acts of the Apostles]] are st... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ... pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
2: ...s prominently featured in the [[New Testament]] [[gospel]]s. He is considered a [[saint]] and the first [...
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...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).