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Emma

Director/Writer: Douglas McGrath Director of Photography: Ian Wilson Editor: Lesley Walker Production Designer: Michael Howells Producers: Patrick Cassavetti and Steven Haft…

Schillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius Florentius

(Encyclopedia) Schillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius FlorentiusSchillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius Florentiusskĭlˈəbāks [key], 1914–2009, Belgian Roman Catholic theologian, b. Antwerp. He entered the Dominican…

God

(Encyclopedia) God, divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions. See also religion and articles on individual religions…

Tucker, Abraham

(Encyclopedia) Tucker, Abraham, 1705–74, English philosopher, b. London. He studied law at Merton College, Oxford, and later devoted himself to independent study. He advanced the ethical view that…

Taylor, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Edward, c.1642–1729, American poet and clergyman, b. England, considered America's foremost colonial poet. He immigrated to America in 1668 and graduated from Harvard in 1671.…

Pluto, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) Pluto, in Greek religion and mythology, god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades. After the fall of the Titans, Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon divided…

Vulcan, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) Vulcan, in Roman religion and mythology, fire god. Chiefly a god of destructive fire, Vulcan seems to have originated as a god of volcanoes. His festival, the Volcanalia, was held on…

Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology, god of water. He was presumably an indigenous god of fertility, but in later times he was identified with the Greek Poseidon, god of the sea.…