Perhaps readers may think I am too insistent about the specificity -- what scholars call the "historicity" -- of the story of salvation. From Wordnik.com. [Brothers Judd Book Reviews] Reference
A graduate student argued for historicity, that is, reading and usually limiting the Quran with its historic context. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of an Islamic Reformer at Oxford, London, and Istanbul] Reference
Total "historicity" was impossible, and would leave big gaps besides. From Wordnik.com. [Riding with Alexander] Reference
For us, the "historicity" of Easter, Christmas or Passover is all zero. From Wordnik.com. [unchristmas] Reference
Maybe it's a matter of relativity or a sliding scale of 'historicity', where Americans surpass the English and Canadians surpass Americans?. From Wordnik.com. [vimy] Reference
Two definitions of the word "historicity" are listed in the liner notes of. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Much is being made of the "historicity" of this election, but only in terms of electing the First Black American President. From Wordnik.com. [Mazurland Blog] Reference
What about the historicity of the apostolic succession?. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Week: Faith and History Questions & Answers Session] Reference
Stripped of its rhetoric and historicity the letter of Conkling and. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Einstein learned about the historicity of scientific concepts from Mach. From Wordnik.com. [Einstein's Philosophy of Science] Reference
Historical consciousness, by its nature, focuses on the historicity of events . From Wordnik.com. [The Uses of Hell': An Exchange] Reference
Each part of Bangladesh has its own historicity and geographical characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [The CHT Peace Accord and the Voters List] Reference
This is partly Rorty's point (1986/1993) in her discussion of the historicity of love (above). From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
Traditionally, Mormon faith has rested on a belief in the literal historicity of sacred events. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets of the Mormons] Reference
Thus the historicity of the Atlantis tale is well established geologically and archaeologically. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Atlantis] Reference
Take Socrates, four centuries earlier-his historicity is as firmly established as that of Napoleon. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
Professor Finley has no doubt of the historicity of the Homeric tale (see "The World of Odysseus"). From Wordnik.com. [The End of Atlantis] Reference
Yet only after World War I did the recognition of the historicity of all human life and thought lead to. From Wordnik.com. [HISTORICISM] Reference
If one rejects the historicity of states of nature, one may still find them a useful analytical device. From Wordnik.com. [John Locke] Reference
Baier (1991), seeming to pick up on this understanding of love as exhibiting historicity, says (p. 444). From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
One may agree with the modern radical critics, who deny the historicity of almost the entire biographical tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Tolerance Among Muslims, Christians, & Jews: An Exchange] Reference
Our Lord further certifies to the historicity of the book of Jonah by his reference to the great prophet's preaching. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism] Reference
Moreover, Rorty argues, the historicity of love involves the lover's being permanently transformed by loving who he does. From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
But the real issue here is the denial of the truthfulness of the Scripture and the denial of the historicity of the Gospels. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Who Is Jesus? - July 6, 2000] Reference
Consider the historicity of a president-elect who freely and comfortably refers to gays within the first breath of his victory. From Wordnik.com. [Shaun Jacob Halper: Why Some Americans Don't Have Reason to Celebrate] Reference
If you have any sense of historicity, you'll understand that you're going have these upsets in the airline industry economically. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2008] Reference
Mad Men is much more subtle than that; the historicity wafts in from time to time, rather than enveloping the show from start to finish. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review] Reference
Scholars have held that the historicity of the figurae radically differentiates them from allegorical emblems, such as the anchor of faith. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
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