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Dixie Noir: The Making Of A Genre

Written By J.R. Dunmore

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To give something a name is to give it a nature

This was the creative capacity that Adam had been given in the Garden of Eden—the naming of created things. Yet, this function of Adam—his exercise of creative power—was merely the recognition of the works that God himself wrought in blood and bone and spirit. In other words, Adam’s contribution to creation…

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