The dominance of Western philosophical views
in scholarly circles often reduces Third World perspectives to an inferior status.
And such solidarity will not be limited to these sorts
of scholarly circles within the Body of Christ, a point driven home for some of us yesterday morning in a peculiar encounter with a nearby Catholic church.
Yet as inconceivable as it may seem, the question of his messianic consciousness is a very live one in
scholarly circles.
(It is becoming more widely accepted in
scholarly circles that Junta was a woman, not a man as suggested by the «Juntas» used in most translations.)
The dating of Hesiod's life is a contested issue in
scholarly circles (see § Dating below).