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a concrete historical situation – that of Christians in the Roman province of Asia towards the end of the first century AD – and brings to its readers a prophetic word of God, enabling them to discern the divine purpose in their situation and respond to their situation in a way appropriate to this purpose.
Richard Bauckham • The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology)
In a very real sense, Western Christianity is Augustinian Christianity.
David Bentley Hart • The Story of Christianity
The Gospel in Human Contexts: Anthropological Explorations for Contemporary Missions
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IN JULY 1517, Selim’s prized naval fleet finally arrived from Istanbul, laden with supplies to replenish the army for the long march home. He waited for the hottest part of the year to pass before beginning that march on September 13, 1517. The week before his departure, the fleet set sail on its return trip to Istanbul, carrying, in place of the
... See moreAlan Mikhail • God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
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Reza Aslan • No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900 (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
Due partly to Persian and Greek influences, Jewish scholars who wrote and interpreted texts gained increasing prominence. These scholars eventually came to be known as rabbis, and the texts they compiled were christened ‘the Bible’.