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“Where Now for Visible Unity?”

The Ecumenical Review, Volume 76, Issue 5, Page 542-553, December 2024.
Abstract This article provides a short introduction to the activities and the spirit of the World Council of Churches for the ecumenical year 2025 by paying particular attention to the commemoration and anniversary celebration of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which will take place in October 2025 in Egypt under the theme “Where now for ...
Martin Illert
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Möten med Eva i syrisk liturgi

Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, 2013
The figure of Eve held enormous significance for ancient Christians. Syriac biblical commentaries and theological treatises vilified Eve as the source of human woe. Yet Syriac liturgy offered a different portrait of Eve.
Susan Ashbrook Harvey
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
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Written historical sources on the Nestorians among the Ilkhanate nobility in the 13th century

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
This article examines valuable historical narratives, such as Armenian, Syrian, and Persian chronicles, about East Syriac Christianity’s followers (Nestorians) among the Turko-Mongol nobles of the Ilkhanate during the 13th century. Using information from
S. E. Kostogryzova
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The intersection of anatomy and spirituality

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 1523-1525, November 2024.
Abstract The intersection of anatomy and spirituality offers a profound exploration into how the physical and spiritual aspects of our being interrelate, enhancing our understanding of wholeness. These domains are often seen as distinct, with anatomy rooted in the tangible study of the human body, while spirituality is considered intangible and deeply ...
Joy Y. Balta
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Hearing God

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 815-832, October 2024.
Abstract This essay attempts to address a simple question: what does it mean to hear God? So much hangs upon learning something about hearing God: revelation, salvation, formation, vocation and mission, for example. What is the relationship then between hearing and knowing God?
Graham Ward
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“Oriental” Churches of Levant and Mesopotamia in Continuing Social Fragmentation

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018
In the present difficult circumstances in the Middle East, the position of the so-called Oriental Churches, which is united by the similarity of the liturgical language, the language of the patristic and historical heritage – Syriac, is indicative.
A. V. SARABIEV
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Lebanese Phoenicianism: Rebutting Anthony Smith's Ethno‐Symbolism

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 118-128, September 2024.
Abstract Examining national awakening in early twentieth‐century Lebanon tests the validity of Anthony D. Smith's ethno‐symbolism, which argues that modern national movements arise from older or ancient ethnic cores, which Smith calls ethnies. Since ethno‐symbolism contradicts Eric Hobsbawm's notion of an “invented tradition,” contrasting Smith with ...
Alexander Maxwell, David Hannah
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St Isaac the Syrian: from Tehran to Moni Iviron, Mount Athos

Kulturní Studia
This article examines recent discoveries and re-discoveries of the writings of Isaac of Nineveh (St Isaac the Syrian), focusing in particular on the recovery of previously unknown collections and the critical re-evaluation of the Greek textual tradition.
Sebastian Brock
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Matteo Ricci's Depictions of Alexander the Great in Late Ming China☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 227-244, April 2024.
Abstract This article primarily focuses on the origin, the earliest dissemination and the accommodation of European Alexander texts in imperial China by Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610). After providing an overview of the Chinese Alexander traditions, it first examines the sources of inspiration for Ricci's choice of Alexander as the prominent ...
Yaliang Fu
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