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Also Known As Elaine Hiesey
Born February 13, 1943 (age 82) • Palo Alto • California
Notable Works “The Gnostic Gospels” • “The Gnostic Paul” • “The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis” • “The Origin of Satan”
Subjects Of Study Christianity
Isabella Thoburn
American missionary
Annie Turner Wittenmyer
American relief worker and reformer
Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody
American missionary
The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale
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Martin E. Marty
American historian of religion
Mary Mills Patrick.
Mary Mills Patrick
American missionary and educator
Belle Harris Bennett
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Fidelia Fiske
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Mary Hannah Fulton
American physician and missionary
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills
American missionary and educator
Alexander Crummell
American scholar and minister
Schaff, engraving by J.J. Cade
Philip Schaff
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“Sweet Daddy”
Charles Emmanuel Grace
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Amanda Smith
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Edith Hamilton
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Brace, Charles Loring
Charles Loring Brace
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Margaret McDonald Bottome
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Edward Robinson
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Edgar J. Goodspeed
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Dwight, Timothy
Timothy Dwight
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