Sentences with phrase «about historical places»

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Klenicki effectively presents Jewish dissatisfactions with the document, Dulles places the document into the historical context of Jewish - Catholic relations, and Cassidy provides an insider's view of how the document came about.

Built around 9600 B.C., the site predates Stonehenge by about 6600 years and places the origins of human religious experience much farther back in the historical progress of our civilization than scholars previously believed possible.

Finally, it would be a historical distortion to claim a definitive knowledge about what is happening in the ideational interaction that is taking place in these movements.

This lawsuit is about whether a historical icon should be placed in a museum.

An unquestioning acceptance of everything the New Testament says about Jesus yields us a picture of Jesus that suffers from internal inconsistencies, that is clearly in a few places a construct of the needs of the early Church, and that will not stand historical critical scrutiny.

He seemed to be unaware of this actual process, even though some of the centers of biblical form and literary criticism, (especially in Austria - Germany (ie Tubingen University)-RRB- HAD begun to be aware of the historical, (archeologically validated) processes, (and eventually at Harvard and Yale and Princeton, and I'm sure other places I don't know about), by the time Smith was doing his thing.

In The Bible Tells Me So, Peter Enns attempts to present an approach to Scripture which allows for us to accept that it has historical and scientific errors and that it contradicts itself at various places, and yet still retain the Bible as an important witness to the theological and spiritual struggles which were faced by our forefathers in the faith, and more importantly, as a historical document about the life of Jesus and how the death and resurrection of Jesus resulted in the transformation of the first century mediterranean world.

The formal designation can be made easily enough: When we refer to «Jesus Christ,» we are referring to the historical reality about which we were thinking in the preceding chapter — the reality from which the Christian community took its beginning and by which the continuing character of that community has been determined, the reality in and through which the revelation of God, known within the church, took place.

The essays range from the place of Christianity within literature and culture, all the way to talking about Lewis» distaste for church music and 20th Century European Historical Criticism.

Linking such changes to arguments about world order provides a way of thinking about their place in longer - term historical patterns and their relation to trends in the wider system of societies.

The associated traditional doctrines of «the Fall» and «Original Sin», with all their historical absurdity and however much we may wish to put in their place some better way of stating what they affirm, tell the truth about man.

Advances in lexicography and archaeology have put us in a place to know more about the ancient world than it knew about itself As an exegete I know no higher moment than the dawn of truth rising from the meticulous application of linguistic and other historical study.

What he tries to do is the opposite: «I am writing about everyday people whose plausibility exists only because of the historical reality of their times and places.»

A Waldorf curriculum writer is not going to know about my tiny location in the Southeast, our particular ethinic and cultural background as a family, our particular interests, our health challenges, and what is around me regarding places of geographic, cultural, and historical interst!

A tradition of revolutions exists and can be identified very precisely, in any place, in any historical period, from where it constantly emerges in its popular form — for what is universal about this collective treasure is that it is owned by no particular region in the world, nor did any single intellectual tradition create it.

It is about an extended imagined family, a tribe, the English and their place in England And once again, I think of the different nuances of the word «imagined», and the historical marginality of any kind of bottom - up English national identity, having spent some time today reading reflections from the red side of Liverpool, including one that addresses the sense of betrayal at the hands of the English establishment, and ends «I'm not English, I'm Scouse.»

But, given the recent historical record in places like Darfur, the question about intervention may remain unanswered.

Vin and Cat enjoy travelling with their children to different countries, learning about their natural, historical, cultural and fun places!

2nd Lane, Dehiwala About Blog Explore Sri Lankan civilization, culture & tradition by visiting historical places in Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka Heritage Tours by JourneyScapes Travels.

I love it when a film can expose me to something — a historical figure, a place, an idea, an event — that I would have had no idea about otherwise.

Finally, Twilight Time has five releases this week: Robert Rossen's «Alexander the Great,» the sword - and - sandal epic about the titular hero; Anatole Litvak's «Anastasia,» a historical epic about a Russian businessman who tries to pass of an imposter as the Grand Duchess Anastasia; Otto Preminger's «Exodus,» about the founding of the state of Israel; Ralph Nelson's «Lilies of the Field,» about an African American traveling handyman who encounters a group of nuns who think he's been sent by God to build their chapel; and finally Richard Fleischer's «10 Rillington Place,» a crime drama about the serial killer John Christie.

Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life (the only notable film is the Norma Shearer / Tyrone Power classic from way back in 1938), except through incidental events depicting her as a supporting figure, such as tales of the French Revolution or other stories taking place in the late 18th Century.

Ruth Negga is opening up about playing Mildred and Richard Loving with co-star Joel Edgerton in their much - buzzed about film Loving, which follows the story of the historical interracial couple whose marriage defied the anti-miscegenation laws placed in Virginia.

I try, in my books, to use images that help kids understand what things were like during the historical time I'm writing about and to help them place themselves in that time.

For instance, urban place - based lessons could include oral history projects where students collect the stories of community members, or historical parks or buildings, or learning about urban agriculture and community gardening in large cities with food deserts.

At the same time, students can be learning about places, people, historical periods, and ideas very different from their own.

In - Service Bilingual Teacher candidates gather information about the role and place of both languages at their school site, gather evidence as to the cultural and historical context of the Latinx community that they serve as well as sharpen their bilingual methodologies.

What about incorporating AR into a gallery walk to help students explore multiple images placed around the room in an examination of multiple historical documents.

If you're interested in more history about McDuffie, then there are plenty of historical places to visit.

The restored ranch and Pony Express station are maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society, and at the interpretive center there, built near a modern parking lot, I learned about the place.

Jacobson's riveting debut about Polish Resistance fighters in WWII deserves a place alongside Alan Furst and Philip Kerr at the top of the historical espionage genre.

X-Ray feature shows passages across a book that mention common ideas, characters, historical figures, and specific places or topics, and then offers descriptions about them from Wikipedia and Shelfari.

Sure, that's a fact: unless you're reading historical fiction, you're seldom reading about real characters or events that took place.

Just a little introduction, Libbie writes historical and literary fiction featuring complex characters and rich details of time and place, including an awesome series about ancient Egypt which is one of my own obsessions, so very exciting.

X-Ray: This feature analyzes the «bones of the book» and shows passages about common themes, characters, historical figures, and specific places or topics in a book.

«Year of the Hyenas» actually combines two historical events, which took place about fifty years apart.

Jiles includes carefully chosen background details — Model Ts, saddle shoes, number three washtubs, Disney's Snow White, Movietone news shorts and the songs that play on the family's console radio — giving the reader a real sense of time and place that makes Stormy Weather seem more like a novel written in the 1930s than a historical novel about the 1930s.

Join Book Lights Radio Tuesday September 20th at 8:30 p.m. EST when host Debra Parmley chats with historical romance author Kristine Raymond about her Hidden Springs series and about the exciting events she has planned for Pages in the Caves, a reader author event which takes place Saturday, Sept 24th near near Mammoth Cave in Cave City, KY..

To avoid such derailing situations and not to fall into such depressive pit the best way for a student to handle their homework burden to the experienced writers who have broad knowledge about the historical incidents which took place in the particular period of American history.

Your website is an excellent place to post reviews, information about upcoming author events, and free content for visitors (such as interesting historical facts about the period of your novel or sample chapters of upcoming releases).

This is the place to find more information about my books that include romantic comedies, mysteries, historical fantasy, and even self - help.

Libbie Hawker writes historical and literary fiction featuring complex characters and rich details of time and place, including an awesome series about ancient Egypt, one of my own obsessions.

Enter the world of Historical San Francisco to learn about the places, people, and events that are featured in my books and stories.

Something that is perhaps relevant when authors craft characters to represent certain historical moments, and about why authenticity is important, especially to those readers familiar with the time and place being represented.

Mises Canada Blog Canada's Leading Austrian Economics Educator About - It is the mission of Mises Canada to educate the public on the importance of placing human choice at the center of economic theory, to encourage a revival of critical historical research, and to advance the Misesian tradition of thought through the defense of the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful international relations.

Some place the main blame on the strong U.S. dollar, but the historical correlation of gold to the U.S. dollar is relatively weak measuring only about -0.3 to -0.4.

Our virtual shelves are loaded with books about the human - animal bond, animal husbandry, man's place in nature, and the underlying historical, political, and social traditions that impact humans, animals, and the environment.

Local information about Kronberg im Taunus: Kronberg im Taunus has in many places preserved for centuries its historical character.

«People care about preserving the landscape and historical architecture, making sure new developments don't look out of place.»

Our Tour Manager, Senol, was excellent and very knowledgeable about the historical background of the places we visited.