Sentences with phrase «early decades of its history»

In spite of the diversity in the resurrection narratives there is one important common theme which C. F. Evans draws to our attention when he says, «The one element which the traditions, in all their variety, have in common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.»

Installed in the Frank Lloyd Wright — designed rotunda and the Thannhauser Gallery on Tower Level 2, this exhibition showcases the museum's exceptional modern holdings as organized through the perspectives of six proponents of the avant - garde who intersected with the Guggenheim Foundation in the early decades of its history and gave their personal collections, in whole or in part, to the institution.

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The history of Italian unification» Italian fascism having more than a decade's existence as a special place in radicalism; the role of the papacy in severely constraining manifest forms of statist rule; the cultural tradition of Italian major cities, which had autonomous forms of city development; and the weaknesses of Italy with respect to economic concentrations of power in the early twentieth century» all argue against a muscular totalitarianism.

Almost forgotten in the last two decades of his life and completely forgotten today except by students of American religious history, Ward was a nationally prominent radical in the early twentieth - century tradition of Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Gospel movement.

I think being written only a few decades after these events is about as good a deal as you can get w / ancient history; same goes for finding early 2nd century samples of m in Egypt.

During his passage across the provinces of Asia and Macedonia on his way, under guard, to Rome, and presumably martyrdom, he had occasion to write a number of brief letters, especially to the churches of Asia which had sent deputations to visit and befriend him; and these letters are among the very few sources we have for the history of the church in the early decades of the second century.

They invoked Sarajevo, the Yugoslavian city that had hosted the Winter Games a decade earlier and, as a result of the war in the Balkans, remained under what would be the longest siege in modern history.

The tool has a personal history that traces back to 1994, and an ancestral history that stretches nearly four full decades earlier, to a London lab in 1955 and a man named Robert Langridge, also known as the pioneer of molecular graphics.

After making his mark in the early thirties with two very different films, the anarchic send - up of the bourgeoisie Boudu Saved from Drowning and the popular - front Gorky adaptation The Lower Depths, Renoir closed out the decade with two critical humanistic studies of French society that routinely turn up on lists of the greatest films ever made: Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game (the former was celebrated in its time, but the latter was trashed by critics and audiences — until history provided vindication).

A documentary tracing six decades of Israel's history, from its founding into the early 21st century.

«When you add in the vintage cars of the early days (including the ever - popular Pre-War group), it presents a magnificent display of automobile history through the decades,» said Sallen, who has driven three different Morgans, a Lotus 11, and a Lotus 7 at past Rolex Reunions.

Other titles suggest the continuing relevance of this past to baseball's present.INVENTION VS. EVOLUTIONAfter three decades of research, John Thorn has published a major history on the sport's origins, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Earlhistory on the sport's origins, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the EarlHistory of the Early Game.

Varina looks back at seven or eight decades of American history from the perspective of the early 20th century, so one immediate problem was how to structure the story, how to order all that time.

The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume analyzes fluctuating moral beliefs and behavior in political and economic affairs at different points in history, from the early Middle Ages in England to the prospects for liberalism under twentieth - century Soviet socialism.

At the same time, however, by recycling and affirming in 1967 his own words from nearly a decade earlier, Sylvester suggests that we can celebrate Bomberg for his genuine accomplishments as a painter and teacher while frankly acknowledging his important, if limited impact in the history of modern art — an impact which is still being assessed today.

And yet, though the early decades of 20th - century Russia have been firmly registered in today's art history as a time of radical social and artistic change, the uncompromising and often absurd ideas in Avant - Garde Museology appear alien to a contemporary art history that explains suprematism and constructivism in terms of formal abstraction.

Smith's joyful embrace of glamour and prismatic colour after the grey decade and a half of postwar austerity, brought him within the orbit of Pop Art at its very inception and assured him an important place in its early history.»

«Paradise of Exiles: Early Photography in Italy focuses on Italy's importance as a center of exchange and experimentation during the first three decades of photography's history — from 1839, the year of its invention, to 1871, the year Italy became a unified nation.

The exhibition examines the history of the artist - orchestrated meal, assessing its roots in early - twentieth century European avant - garde art, its development over the past decades within Western art, and its current global ubiquity.

An influential figure in British and European art over the past four decades, Hiller's work can be framed in terms of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art as well as her early history in anthropology, however it is her engagement with Surrealism ---LSB-...]

Naomi Oreskes, a professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego, compares the strategy of these early groups to that of the tobacco industry, which for decades argued that cigarettes didn't cause cancer.

Later I read in Weart's History of Global Warming that young scientists 3 decades earlier had begun to realize that their research wasn't about the abstract future, but for changes that would occur in their lifetime.

I have reviewed the histories of children that were abused or neglected early in their development for over three decades.