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Louis A. Ruprecht

Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. is William M. Suttles Chair of Religious Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of  seven books, most recently: JJ Winckelmann andd the Vatican’s First Profane Museum (Palgrave, 2011).

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Terror is as Terror Does

It is not terrorism which should occupy our attention, so much as the dangerous proliferation of new and indiscriminate weapons…
Louis A. Ruprecht
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Olympic Ritual and Religion, Hosted by a Religion-less State

When the modern Olympic Games were revived they were imbued with a religious and ritualistic significance. How that will be handled by Communist China remains to be seen.
Louis A. Ruprecht
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A Reply to Pastor Rod Parsley on the Bible and the Death Penalty

Megachurch pastor Rod Parsley took issue with a recent article on RD on biblical and ethical challenges to the death penalty. Its author responds…
Louis A. Ruprecht
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