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[…] faith was credible after all. With that, my intense anxiety dissipated, and I resumed what I might call more nor mal emotions. However, my swing back toward faith must be described as tentative. I […]
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[…] worldview and interpretation of the Constitution’s content on the role of government, the Bundys perform what I call the “corporeality of the Constitution.” By this, I argue that in certain situations, such as the […]
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