Sentences with phrase «careful historical study»

In each of these cases, a careful historical study of the origin and growth of the movement is helpful, even indispensable, but no one approach by itself provides the answers.

Only those who can engage in careful historical study can participate in it.

Not exact matches

Any of its «contradictions» are resolvable through careful study, and understanding the historical context and the limited vocabulary of the time.

Careful scrutiny of historical record and comparative religious study makes it plain enough without invoking deep philosophical questions.

First, there is the careful exegesis of Scripture and the historical and cultural study necessary to this.

But the answer will be much more satisfying if our study includes careful methods of analysis and interpretation, with due regard to the historical and literary contexts and the genre being used.

First, it is plain that the empty tomb was not the originating factor since careful critical study of the material found at the end of all four Gospels makes it clear that the stories about the empty tomb are more in the category of Christian apologetic — however honestly believed and taught at the time when the Gospels were compiled from earlier oral tradition — than in that of historical reporting.

Such correlations are certainly important and will require careful historical analysis and interdisciplinary study.

In attempting to look at that issue I must begin with a very brief summary of what has happened to the Bible, thanks to a hundred years of careful critical study by experts who have brought to their study all the resources available, including linguistic, historical, literary, and many other types of knowledge.

Western writing on Eastern religion has had, in the course of the last hundred years, because of its substance, an influence on the development of those religions themselves that certainly deserves careful historical investigation; on the whole, because of the form in which it has mostly been cast, it has in addition been causing resentment and is beginning to elicit protest.22 Certainly anyone for whom comparative religion studies are something that might or should serve to promote mutual understanding and good relations between religious communities can not but be concerned at this contrary effect.

You'll find that if you study many of the practices we Catholics are criticized for by non-Catholic Christians, most of those things are spelled out right there in Scripture or derived from the earliest recorded Christian traditions... be careful though, because an honest, accurate, historical study of Catholicism by non-Catholic Christians often leads to conversion that's how I ended up Catholic.

In both cases, award winners are determined through careful study of the competition in each segment, historical vehicle performance and industry trends.