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‘The Undiscover'd Country’ an Exploration – ‘The Life Everlasting’*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

D. W. D. Shaw
D. W. D. Shaw
Affiliation:
St Mary's CollegeSt Andrews, Fife
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In memory of Alan Lewis, student, colleague and above all friend, at whose ordination as a minister of the Church of Scotland the author was privileged to preach, Kirkliston Parish Church, Midlothian, 4th December, 1977.

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Research Article
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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 149 - 168
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1994

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