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Theologians have long debated the significance of the Jewish religion for the Christian Church. Some scholars see Thomas Aquinas as the leading advocate of the belief that Israel has been superceded by the Church, while others hold that Aquinas avoids supersessionism altogether. The discussion has, however, not always analysed the terminology, nor has it taken into account some of Aquinas's commentaries on Paul's letters, his writings most relevant to the subject. Drawing upon the Pauline commentaries, Matthew Tapie shows that while Aquinas's most commonly articulated view is that the passion of Christ made Jewish worship and the Mosaic law obsolete, Aquinas also advanced views that set this into question, in ways that support Christian teachings affirming the value of post-biblical Judaism. In doing so, he provides both a rich and timely reminder of the ambiguities in Aquinas's thought and makes an important contribution to the literature of supercessionism

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the first comprehensive book to study poverty in a premodern Jewish community--from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Mark Cohen mines the richest body of documents available on the matter: the papers of the Cairo Geniza. These documents, located in the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded papers situated in a medieval synagogue in Old Cai

This paper discusses the Ecumenical Protestant-Christian theology toward other religion which is strongly influenced by the context. Sidjabat has slightly concerned about the problem of religious pluralism since inter-religious relation in his time were still relatively respectable. Victor I. Tanja paid more attention to interfaith dialogue because the Indonesian Government has been promoting a lot of interfaith dialogue and activism. Tanja is an arm of the government, in contrast to Sumartana, a theologian associated with an upsetting period where several riots, such as conflict between Christian and Muslim, raised in Surabaya, Situbondo, Tasikmalaya, Ambon and Poso. He thinks it is needed to apply on what so-called theologia religionum, theology of religions.

Domestic politics overview / Meredith L. Weiss -- Elections in Malaysia: voting behavior and electoral integrity / Bridget Welsh -- Malaysian political parties and coalitions / Ong Kian Ming -- Malaysia's unexceptionalism: like elsewhere, elites are fractious / William Case -- Islam, the state and politics in Malaysia / Joseph Chinyong Liow and Afif Pasuni -- Rise of Christian political consciousness and mobilisation / Arnold Puyok -- Centralized federalism in Malaysia: is change in the offing? / Francis Loh Kok Wah -- Exporting the BN/UMNO model: politics in Sabah and Sarawak / James Chin -- Local government in urban Malaysia / Goh Ban Lee -- Public administration in Malaysia: origins, influences and assessment / Norma Mansor and Raja Noriza Ariffin -- Social movements in contemporary Malaysia: the cases of Bersih, hindraf and Perkasa / Anantha Raman Govindasamy -- Economics overview / Meredith L. Weiss -- Malaysia's development strategies: governing distribution-through-growth / Greg Felker -- Fiscal and monetary policy in Malaysia: juggling economic imperatives and political reality / Xiaoye She -- Affirmative action: hefty measures, mixed outcomes, muddled thinking / Hwok-Aun Lee -- The middle class in Malaysia: market expansion, consumption and vulnerabilities / Abdul Rahman Embong -- Natural resource extraction and political dependency: Malaysia as a rentier state / Helena Varkkey -- Rent-seeking and money politics in Malaysia: ethnicity, cronyism and class / Jeff Tan -- Labour in Malaysia: flexibility, policymaking and regulated borders / Amarjit Kaur -- Mainstreaming environment and sustainable development policies / Adnan A. Hezri -- Rural transformations / Eric C. Thompson -- The great transformation: urbanisation and urbanism in Malaysia / Yeoh Seng Guan -- Social policy and social development overview / Meredith L. Weiss -- Ethnicity and identity formation: colonial knowledge, colonial structures, and transition / Shamsul A.B. and Athi S.M. -- Marginalisation of the Orang Asli of peninsular Malaysia / Alberto G. Gomes -- Civil liberties in contemporary Malaysia: progress, retrogression, and the resurgence of Asian values / John Liu -- Educational reforms in Malaysia: towards equity, quality and efficiency / Molly N.N. Lee -- 1 care and the politics of healthcare in Malaysia / Chee Heng Leng and Por Heong Hong -- Interfaith relations in Malaysia: moving beyond Muslims versus others / Carolina López -- Culture and the arts in Malaysia: playing to multiple galleries / Kathy Rowland -- Filling in the gaps: the pursuit of gender equality in Malaysia / Tan Beng Hui and Cecilia Ng -- Sexual citizenship in conflict / Pang Khee Teik -- International relations and security overview / Meredith L. Weiss -- Foreign policy priorities / Karminder Singh Dhillon -- Malaysia's security concerns: a contemporary assessment / Lai Yew Meng -- Malaysia and the United States: a maturing partnership / Heng Peck Koon -- Malaysia-China relations: three enduring themes / Kuik Cheng-Chwee -- Issues and challenges in contemporary Malaysian-European relations / Ruhanas Harun -- Contemporary maritime piracy in Malaysia / Carolin Liss

Muslim perceptions of their own religion --. - al-Wala' wal-Barā': Islam and the other --. - Jihād: the global millennial terrorism --. - Da'wah: the diplomacy of deceit --. - Hijrah: Muslim immigration and demography --. - Conclusion: a suggested strategy of what is to be done

For more than a century, Nietzsche's views about Jews and Judaism have been subject to countless polemics. The Nazis infamously fashioned the philosopher as their anti-Semitic precursor, while in the past thirty years the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. The increasingly popular view today is that Nietzsche was not only completely free of racist tendencies but also was a principled adversary of anti-Jewish thought. Nietzsche's Jewish Problem offers a definitive reappraisal of the controversy, taking the full historical, intellectual, and biographical context into account. As Robe

Post-civil war, Buddhism has gone from being a privileged religion in Sri Lanka to a hegemonic religion. If the ethnic conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam calcified Sinhalese Buddhist sensibilities, the comprehensive victory over the group has emboldened Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists who insist on majority superordination and minority subordination. This essay discusses how the nationalist ideology undergirding Sinhalese Buddhist majoritarianism has exacerbated religious intolerance especially towards the island's Muslims and Christian Evangelicals. (Asian Aff/GIGA)

The work is devoted to the historical study of the experience of Russian Orthodox missionaries educational activities among the Assyrian Christians of the Persian province of Urmia in the late 19th – early 20th century and includes a comprehensive review of the research literature on the topic. The review is based on the material of scientific publications of domestic and foreign authors. The study uses a comparative-historical method that allows you to compare and summarize the results of scientific research in previous scientific papers. The paper considers the historical aspects of the activities of the Russian Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Urmia at the beginning of the 20th century, due to which there was a rapprochement (in some cases, jurisdictional connection) of the Eastern (pre-Chalcedonian) Orthodox Churches (Assyrian Church of the East, Syrian/Syro-Jacobite/Orthodox Church) with the Russian Orthodox Church. The study has a fundamental scientific significance, as it actualizes the issues of cultural rapprochement and international cooperation between Iran (Persia) and Russia on the basis of moral and religious values, cultural traditions, historical ties by filling in historical gaps in the scientific study of the works of the Urmian Orthodox Mission, established in 1898. The research focus of this article is the little-known and unknown facts of interaction between our countries, related to the experience of Orthodox missionary work in Persia, the study of which has unconditional scientific novelty. The study of the activities of the Russian Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Persian Urmia is an urgent task of modern humanities. The history of the Russian presence in Persia has become the subject of a few separate studies, but so far, no work based on an analysis of the entire set of published research works on the activities of the Urmian missionaries has been carried out. Carrying out such work ensures the acquisition and dissemination in society of new fundamental scientific knowledge on the topical issue of interfaith relations of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Middle East in the historical past and present.