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The Solomonic Districts and the Nimshide Dynasty Administrative System in the Southern Levant

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Scholars once eagerly claimed that 1 Kgs 4:7–19 contains historical information and represents a reliable source of information on David and Solomon’s administrative system.
Yitzhak Lee-Sak
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Teaching Augustine’s Confessions in the Context of Mercer’s Great Books Program

open access: yesReligions, 2015
Students in Mercer University’s Great Books program read Augustine’s Confessions in the third semester of a seven-semester sequence. Their previous reading of Greek and Roman epics and philosophical treatises as well as Biblical material equips them with
Bryan J. Whitfield
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The Moral Dimensions of Sufism and the Iberian Mystical Canon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study explores the shared spaces and common ground between the moral theosophies of Sufism and Christian mysticism in Spain. This article focuses on how Sufis, Carmelites and other mystical authors expressed spiritual concepts, establishing networks
Conde Solares, Carlos
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Christian Philosophy, Christian Philosophers or Christians Making Philosophy?

open access: yesForum Philosophicum, 2023
The objective of this paper is to reflect on the proper way for Christians to do philosophy, in respect of which I have been inspired by a phrase attributed to Cardinal Newman: “We do not need Christian philosophy. We need Christians making good philosophy.” This sentence can appear controversial, but I believe it is not, if its content is made ...
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Parsons on Christianity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In his late work on Christianity, Talcott Parsons obviously built upon the writings of both Durkheim and Weber. While he departed from the idea that increasing differentiation of the system of action did not have to threaten the unity of the system as a ...
Vanderstraeten, Raf
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Christians And Christianity In Islamic Exegesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Il est traité ici des chrétiens et du christianisme, tels que vus ou imaginés dans l'exégèse coranique musulmane des deux premiers siècles de l'islam. Il apparaît que les caractéristiques qui leurs sont attribuées sont ambigues: les "bons" chrétiens sont ceux qui se soumettent à la loi de Mahomet; les mauvais" étant ceux qui restent attachés à leur foi.
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Christianity and politics

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2019
The editorial presents the conference "Religion and Politics" arranged by the Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures at the University of Turku in November 2018. Articles 3-7 of the current issue are based on papers presented at the conference.
Haapalainen Anna   +2 more
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Christiane’s Hair [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Mathematical Monthly, 2013
We explore the geometric and measure-theoretic properties of a set built by stacking central Cantor sets with continuously varying scaling factors. By using self-similarity, we are able to describe in a fairly complete way its main features. We show that it is made of an uncountable number of analytic curves, compute the exact areas of the gaps of all ...
Lévy Véhel, Jacques   +1 more
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The China Historical Christian Database: A Dataset Quantifying Christianity in China from 1550 to 1950

open access: yesData
The era of digitization is revolutionizing traditional humanities research, presenting both novel methodologies and challenges. This field harnesses quantitative techniques to yield groundbreaking insights, contingent upon comprehensive datasets on ...
Alex Mayfield   +3 more
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Interreligious Dialogue in the Thought of Benedict XVI: Ecclesiological Foundations and Distinctive Characteristics

open access: yesAnnales Missiologici Posnanienses, 2015
Since the Second Vatican Council, Catholic teaching has placed great emphasis on in interreligious dialogue as an integral aspect of the Church’s mission.
Rocco Viviano
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