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EARLY CHRISTIAN SACRAL OBJECTS ON HERZEGOVINIAN SPACE [PDF]

Hum, 2013
The article is a review of archaeological localities on Herzegovinian space containing early Christian sacral objects. At the same time this serves as the only witness of Christian presence in this area before the seventh century.
Ana Noković
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Some Patristic Inspirations for the Theological Study of Spirituality

Spirituality Studies, 2020
In his paper, the author discusses the relevance of the theological study of spirituality based on early Christian literature for the contemporary theology.
Miloš Lichner
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“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries: Effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
Historical inquiry into the origin and history of “the Arabs” has long been a part of Western Orientalist literature. However, Christian scholars from the 7th century onward sought to understand the rise of Islam from within a Biblical framework.
David D. Grafton
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Communism and the Rise of the Anti-Christian Movement in Republican China

Religions
Scholars have acknowledged that much of the early support for the anti-Christian movement in Shanghai and Beijing in 1922 came from radical individuals and organizations with ties to the Communists, anarchists, and the Guomindang left, but little ...
Haiyan Zhu, Xiao Lin
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European Literature and Christian Theology (1700–1900)

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
This entry considers major developments in European literature, from the early Enlightenment to the end of the nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on the relation between literary production and Christian theological inquiry in a rapidly ...
Thomas Pfau
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Late Ancient Christian Anxiety over Islamic Geographies of Containment: Two Examples

Religions
In the seventh and eighth centuries CE, Christians across the Mediterranean were experiencing the consequences of the rise of Islam and its expansion. With this challenge to Christian hegemony in the eastern Mediterranean, Christian writers began to ask ...
Chance E. Bonar
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Attention to Oneself in an Apologetic Perspective: The Reception of Ancient Philosophical Practices in St. Basil the Great

Communio Viatorum
The purpose of this article is to present Saint Basil’s utilization of the philosophical heritage along with the ancient Greek literature for the benefit of Christianity.
Ioannis Kaminis
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Why (suffering) women matter for the heart of transformative missional theology perspectives on empowered women and mission in the New Testament and early Christianity

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
In this article, it is argued that from the beginning of the Christ-following movement, the gospelmessage represented a challenge to a male-dominated social system.
Jacobus (Kobus) Kok
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The Dual Interpretations of the Millennial Kingdom in Early Modern Christian Apocalypticism

Humanities
Millenarianism originated from apocalyptic literature in Judaism, emphasizing that the “Messiah” would establish a “millennial kingdom” on earth ruled by the Jews.
Yixiao Sun
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Ethiopian Christianity: A continuum of African Early Christian polities

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
The 4th century CE was definitive for Early Christianity as there emerged an imperial orthodoxy establishment. This was the inception of an era of a Christian polity characterised by symbiotic ties between the imperial establishment and a developing ...
Rugare Rukuni, Erna Oliver
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