Sentences with phrase «debated by historians»

The cards that have been created for this activity cover a wide range of relevant topics that have been hotly debated by historians.

His reasons for turning his back on America are still debated by historians, but the accepted reasons include money, disillusionment, and personal vendettas against the Continental Congress.

Not exact matches

With the assistance of foresighted men like Msgr. Oesterreicher, and the unofficial but crucial input from Jewish historians and theologians, the declaration — after numerous drafts, several years of intense debate, and even a last second bid by reactionaries to thwart it — was voted on and finally passed at the Council, by an overwhelming margin.

But to debate the explosive growth of Christianity in the first century and pass it off as an argument and not recognized it as historical fact recognized by any historian....

At 8:18 am on Tuesday 23 February 2010, a week before Cardinal Murphy - O'Connor debated the virtues of a Catholic England, something happened that may well come to be seen by such historians as an epiphany moment, revealing with telling clarity the contemporary British Church's propensity to get unwillingly sucked into an agenda profoundly at variance with our own.

His ideas and his historical significance have been debated and judged differently by different historians.

The collection is accompanied by its sister non-fiction series, En Debate, showcasing the work of historians and journalists focusing on current affairs.

This book, transcribed, compiled and edited by Geoffrey Dorfman, consists of interviews, talks at the Studio School in New York (often in the form of meditations,) a portfolio of selected paintings, and pointed debates with Ad Reinhardt and the art historian, Leo Steinberg, among others.