Richard E. Rubenstein
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in The United States
February 24, 1938
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“These Greek-speaking city folk were no country bumpkins, like those they called pagans—pagani—a term meaning “rustics” or “hicks.”18 They inhabited one of the liveliest, most urbane, and culturally diverse regions on earth. Many could read and write; the early Christians, like the Jews, considered themselves People of the Book and prized the ability to read Scripture.”
― When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome
― When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome
“In a static society, personal violence will be registered, whereas structural violence may be seen as about as natural as the air around us. Conversely, in a highly dynamic society, personal violence may be seen as wrong and harmful, but still somehow congruent with”
― Resolving Structural Conflicts: How Violent Systems Can Be Transformed
― Resolving Structural Conflicts: How Violent Systems Can Be Transformed
“Augustine of Hippo, the future saint, would later become a Manichean and remain one for most of his young manhood.”
― When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome
― When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome
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