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THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN NESTORIANS AND MONOPHYSITES: BARSAUMA’S ACTIVITY [PDF]
Nestorianism antagonized the official Byzantine church, spreading out from Mesopotamia. It was the creed of the merchants, the class who sought independency and confronted Zoroastrianism in Iran.
HOVHANNES KHORIKYAN
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Repercussions from the Far East: A Comparison of the Catholic and Nestorian Presence in China [PDF]
In the middle ages, Franciscan monks from Western Europe and Nestorian monks from Syria traveled to the Far East to spread the gospel and to establish their churches in the region.
Thomas Ertl
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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements
The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
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Genealogies of Truth: Theology, Philosophy and History
Abstract Modern Christian theology still seeks to escape from the historical constitution of truth. This not only contradicts the Incarnation, but has its own genealogical origins in a dubious loss of Christian philosophy as an integral enterprise. In general, genealogy can be seen as negative or positive.
John Milbank
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Abstract Although a theological exchange of ideas between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians flourished at the end of the twentieth century, the ecumenical achievements of these discussions have been met with notable objections and critiques by theologians.
Sebastian Mateiescu
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Maintenance of National Heritage Anglican Churches in Malaysia
This paper addresses the maintenance of National Heritage Anglican churches in Malaysia. A field survey is presented, describing the current defects of selected Anglican churches in Malaysia and proposing maintenance practices against the identified defects. The neglect in maintaining Anglican churches is alarming.
Wee Fhong Ow +3 more
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Abstract This article examines state‐society relations and inter‐communal dynamics in conflict, focusing on the case study of non‐Muslim minorities in Iraq. It draws on interview data to analyse the lived experiences of Iraq's Yazidis and Christians before, during and after Islamic State (IS) rule.
Benjamin Isakhan, William Gourlay
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Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis
Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
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From al-Biṭrīq to Ḥunayn: Melkite and Nestorian Translators in Early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad [PDF]
The present study examines social history of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement from the perspective of the Christian communities that participated in it.
Treiger, Alexander, Alexander Treiger
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Creation in Aquinas: ex nihilo or ex deo?
Abstract While the Christian emphasis on creation as a free and gracious gift is often juxtaposed with Neoplatonic notions of world‐production as the emanation of being from the First Cause, I argue in this essay that there is no obvious contradiction between the doctrines of creation ex nihilo and emanation ex deo in Aquinas's thought.
Daniel Soars
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