The sixteenth century was a watershed in Egyptian history. After being the center of powerful Islamic empires for centuries, Egypt was conquered in 1517 and made an outlying province of the Ottoman Empire. This study illuminates aspects of Egypt's social, intellectual, and religious life in the sixteenth century, as described by the Egyptian Sufi 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'ranı, one of the last original writers before cultural decadence permeated the Arab world in the late Middle Ages. A prominent social commentator, Sha'ranı reflected the intense Turkish-Egyptian struggle of...
The sixteenth century was a watershed in Egyptian history. After being the center of powerful Islamic empires for centuries, Egypt was conquered in 15...
By analyzing the New Testament, the theologians of the early Church, St. Anselm's theory of satisfaction, and more modern thinkers, Winter provides an explanation of the Atonement which avoids metaphor, myth, and the pitfalls of the theory of placating an angry God.
By analyzing the New Testament, the theologians of the early Church, St. Anselm's theory of satisfaction, and more modern thinkers, Winter provides an...
