Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Covenant, Kingship, Grace, Sacrifice, and Prophetism in the Old Testament [PDF]
This essay examines the major themes of covenant, kingship, grace, sacrifice, and prophetism that reoccur throughout the Old Testament and contribute to a proper understanding of the ancient biblical text.
Scott, Rickie S
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Smart Cities, Urban Transportation and Air Quality: A Decade of Literature on Italian Largest Cities
ABSTRACT Traffic congestion and its associated negative impacts on economic performance and environmental sustainability, particularly air quality, have long plagued urban centers. This article reviews the technologies and policies adopted by major Italian cities to address these issues, focusing on interventions from 2014 to 2024. Through a keyword co‐
Vittoria Iannuzzi, Matteo Migheli
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Historical Perspectives on Deglobalization's Drivers, Outcomes, and Managerial Responses
Abstract The deglobalization process experienced in the early 2020s is not without precedent. This Special Issue leverages business history as a lens to generate new insights and to uncover previously hidden complexities and nuances. Studying previous periods of deglobalization and their varying drivers, outcomes, and responses, the papers in this ...
Andrew Smith +3 more
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An aspect of the object habit: Pliny the Elder, audience and politics [PDF]
This paper looks at an aspect of the ‘object habit’ by considering the motivations behind an ancient technical text, Pliny the Elder’s Natural History.
Libonati, E
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Summary Dreaming, a common yet mysterious cognitive phenomenon, is an involuntary process experienced by individuals during sleep. Although the fascination with dreams dates back to ancient times and gained therapeutic significance through psychoanalysis in the early twentieth century, its scientific investigation only gained momentum with the ...
Carlotta Mutti +2 more
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The 'Pharaoh' Anecdote in Pre-Modern Arabic Historiography [PDF]
This article examines the development of the pharaoh as a literary figure in Arabic historiography between the third/ninth and the ninth/fifteenth centuries.
Hirschler, Konrad
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Why Do Prosocial People Dislike Markets in Some Countries and Like Them in Others?
ABSTRACT Based on the doux commerce thesis, which suggests that people in market‐oriented societies hold stronger prosocial values than those in less market‐oriented ones, one can expect prosocial and pro‐market values to be positively associated. The fact that the association holds for cross‐country observations but does not universally hold for cross‐
Pál Czeglédi
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Artificial Creativity and Human Fragility
Abstract This article critiques the widespread assumption that generative AI systems exhibit genuine artistic creativity. While such systems can produce novel and aesthetically appealing outputs, assessments based solely on results obscure fundamental differences between human and artificial agents.
Johanna Merz
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Analytical and Comparative Study of Change in Functional Purpose of Some Archaeological and Historical Architectures in Cairo During the 19th and 20th Centuries [PDF]
This research paper aims to discuss the nature of change in the functional purpose of some archaeological and historical buildings in Cairo during the 19th and 20th centuries along with a comparative study of some of the most important heritage ...
Khalifa, G. D. (Ghadeer)
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