analogy
In common modern usage the word signifies a resemblance or similarity between objects of discourse. More technically analogy is a linguistic and semantic phenomenon which occurs when one word bears ...
anthropocentrism
A worldview that sees humans as the source of all value, since the concept of value itself is a human creation, and that sees nature as of value merely as a means to the ends of human beings. See ...
apophatic theology
A way of approaching God by denying that any of our concepts can be properly affirmed of Him. It is contrasted with affirmative and symbolic theology. The soul rejects all ideas and images of God and ...
Audiani
A 4th-cent. rigorist sect, founded by Audius; it separated from the Church on the ground that the clergy were too secularized.
Barbara Firth
(1928–), British illustrator who worked in the field of craft textiles before entering children's book illustration. Collaborations for nonfiction include her meticulous, detailed drawings for The ...
Beatrix Potter
(1866–1943)British writer of children's books.Born in London, Beatrix Potter had a dull and solitary childhood, regulated by governesses. On holidays in Scotland and the Lake District she was ...
circumincession
In Christian theology the technical term for the interpenetration of the Three Persons of the Trinity.
Dick King-Smith
(1922–2011)Best‐selling British author of animal stories. Born in Bitton, Gloucestershire, he was a soldier, farmer, and teacher before becoming an author. His stories combine realism with ...
Dorothy Wall
(1894–1942), born in New Zealand, trained in art at Wellington, and came to Australia in 1914. Throughout her life she supported herself through commercial assignments such as fashion drawing and ...
E. B. White
(1899–1985),humorist and witty critical commentator on contemporary culture, was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and educated at Cornell (A.B., 1921). After newspaper work he became a contributing editor ...
E. H. Shepard
(1879–1976)Author‐illustrator, born in London, educated at St Paul's School and Heatherley's School of Fine Art. He worked for Punch from 1907 but is remembered for his illustrations for A. ...
God
Buddhism is atheistic and does not believe in the existence of a Supreme Being or Creator God. However, it acknowledges the existence of a wide range of supernatural beings known as devas.many of ...
Graham Oakley
(1929–), English author and illustrator. Oakley is best known for his series of books about a church inhabited by a cat and a large number of mice. Experienced in set ...
Grégoire Solotareff
(1953–), French author- illustrator born in Egypt. After practicing medicine for five years, he began creating his first picture books in 1985, including the popular Théo et Balthazar series, an ...
Gwynedd Rae
(1892–1977), British children's writer of the Mary Plain stories (1930–1965), about a bear cub from the bear pits at Bern. As in other talking animal stories, Mary is alternately constructed ...
J
A symbol used by scholars who follow the ‘documentary thesis’ of the origins of the Pentateuch; it denotes the Jahvistic (Yahwistic or Jehovistic) source. It is marked by its simple narrative style ...
Joan Rankin
(1940–), South African author and artist. Trained in fiber and ceramic arts as well as illustration, Rankin has created or contributed to over two dozen picture books since entering the ...
John Walsh
(1945–), American illustrator of Baby Bear and the Long Sleep (1980) by Andrew Ward and The Art of Storytelling: Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story (2003). In Baby Bear ...
Maimonides
(1135–1204)The greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval world, Maimonides was born in Cordoba in Spain and educated in rabbinical and biblical studies as well as philosophy and science. With the ...
