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Scholarly Journal Article

Bibliography

Clifton-Soderstrom, Michelle. “The Convergence Model of Pietist Ethics: Faith Active in Love (Gal. 5.6).” Political Theology 11, no. 4 (October 2010): 490-506.

Footnotes

1. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, “The Convergence Model of Pietist Ethics: Faith Active in Love (Gal. 5.6).” Political Theology 11, no. 4 (October 2010): 490-506.

Books

Bibliography

Clifton-Soderstrom, Michelle A. Angels, Worms, and Bogeys: The Christian Ethic of Pietism. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.

Footnotes

2. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, Angels, Worms, and Bogeys: The Christian Ethic of Pietism (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010).

Edited Books

Bibliography

Greenman, Jeffrey P., Timothy Larsen, and Stephen R. Spencer, eds. The Sermon on the Mount through the Centuries. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2007.

Footnotes

3. Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, and Stephen R. Spencer, eds. The Sermon on the Mount through the Centuries (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2007).

Chapter in an Edited Books

Bibliography

Spencer, Stephen R., "John Calvin." In The Sermon on the Mount through the Centuries, ed. Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, and Stephen R. Spencer, 129-152. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2007.

Footnotes

4. Stephen R. Spencer, "John Calvin" in The Sermon on the Mount through the Centuries, ed. Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, and Stephen R. Spencer, 129-152 (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2007).

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