Sentences with phrase «religious studies scholars»

But earlier this year, UT Austin religious studies scholars Geoffrey Smith and Brent Landau added to the list with their discovery of several fifth - or sixth - century Greek fragments of the First Apocalypse of James, which was thought to have been preserved only in its Coptic translations until now.

But I must say that I am suspicious and wager German and French religious studies scholars may say «christliche Sekten» also.

Religious Studies scholars see some Buddhist influence here, which would not be surprising since Buddhism thrives throughout the Indonesian archipelago that encompasses Bali.

Gary — I am the religious studies scholar.

I can tell you as a religious studies scholar that your use of «religious» to differentiate between some idealized, sincere faith (a very Protestant idea, by the way) and hypocritical institutional religion and its trappings is pretty specious.

Well though your characterizations of me as a «religious studies scholar» and the notion that my reference to sincere faith being a «protestant idea», are cute (or insulting, depending upon your intent) they do not reflect an accurate portrayal of what I was saying.

Religious studies scholar Elijah Seigler will discuss The Brood alongside Cronenberg himself on December 1st.

Not exact matches

Drawing on its historical strength in Christian studies and its significant resources in global religious studies, Harvard Divinity School educates scholars, teachers, ministers, and other professionals for leadership and service both nationally and internationally.

Although the book is best regarded more as a presentation of the Supreme Court's religious - freedom work than as a direct study of the questions underlying that work» the work of constitutional scholars, for example, is for the most part only referenced, not engaged» it is, nonetheless, recommended.

The answer may not be as simple you think, according to scholars who study all brands of religious extremism.

It is surely no accident that R. C. Zaehner, one of the most gifted of contemporary Catholic religious scholars, and one who has devoted himself to the study of a non-Christian religious world, should have called in his most recent work for a revolutionary synthesis between a Teilhardian vision and Marxism.

But a couple of bona fide scholars — not professors teaching religious studies in universities but scholars nonetheless, and at least one of them with a Ph.D. in the field of New Testament — have taken this position and written about it.

This, in spite of the fact that religious scholars who've studied all religions for decades disagree on matters of theology.

Scholars in religious studies have long been critical of the Austrian anthropologist Father Wilhelm Schmidt — who on impressive evidence framed the theory of original monotheism — because his work was guided by his Catholic faith, to which his theory was rather too conveniently congenial.

As a student of History of Religions School within NT studies, which remains largely Occidental in its approach and conclusions, I look for further inspiration from History of Religions scholars, particularly from the contributions made by Eliade to the study of religious dimensions of NT religion.

With funding from the Lilly Endowment, the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Hartford undertook the massive task of assembling scholars and data and producing eight books, each containing both demographic overviews and focused essays on the features that distinguish each region's religious life.

For further exploration of these issues, see the following excellent studies: Dean, William, American Religious Empiricism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986); Frankenberry, Nancy, Religion and Radical Empiricism (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987); and Hynes, William J., Shirley Jackson Case and the Chicago School (Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1981).

One can point to the emergence of a variety of critical approaches to religion in general, and to Christianity in particular, which have contributed to the breakdown of certainties: These include historical - critical and other new methods for the study of biblical texts, feminist criticism of Christian history and theology, Marxist analysis of the function of religious communities, black studies pointing to long - obscured realities, sociological and anthropological research in regard to cross-cultural religious life, and examinations of traditional teachings by non-Western scholars.

Stephen Arnett Seamands studied the Christology of 20th - century Methodist neo-orthodox theologian Edwin Lewis (Drew University, 1983) Two scholars have given Wesley's religious thought a contemporary, «postmodernist» interpretation.

It is a balanced, critical study by one of the great religious scholars of our time.

On the contrary, the long and complex process which has forced us to distinguish between the historical figure of Jesus (who is open to historical research) and the religious figure of the Christ (who can be affirmed only by Christians and who is subjectively «known» in Christian devotion) has been undertaken by Christian scholars bringing the best of contemporary analysis to their study of the Bible.

religious scholars are hilarious, you spent all that money and time to study something that is not real.

The other development is the increased importance of national associations of scholars in religious studies — for example, the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, and the American Society for Church History.

Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists are learning to talk to Christian and Western scholars, as well as being talked to; and in the process are studying religious diversity itself.

Some would be research scholars with their study grounded in religious practices.

I am a scholar in the Religious Studies and psychology.

The findings of scholars who study social capital, however, suggest one possibility that can be tested: homogeneity - whether racial, religious, or economic - seems to foster social capital.

Although the U.S. Constitution prohibits public school officials from directing or favoring prayer, the new religious studies materials are designed to represent the academic study of religion, which the Constitution supports, Harvard scholar Diane Moore told the Chicago Tribune.

Bruce Feiler, the best - selling author of Walking the Bible, journeyed across time and place through three continents, five countries and four war zones to read, study and interview religious leaders and scholars in search of the man from whom much of the world's population claims to be descended.

A published scholar, he also holds an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute as well as an MA in Religious Studies and a PhD in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from New York University.

Tippett first speaks with Ursula King, a Teilhard scholar and professor emerita of theology and religious studies at the University of Bristol.

Chapel Hill, NC About Blog Professor of Religious Studies, a leading authority on the Bible and the life of Jesus, author Bart D.Ehrman discusses his books and public debates, responds to criticisms from other scholars, and answers questions raised by readers.The History & Literature of Early Christianity provides Bart's insights and opinions on important issues related to the New Testament and early Christianity.