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Islam: Past, Present and Future.(Book review)
The Christian Century
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August 12, 2008|
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Islam: Past, Present and Future.
By Hans Kung; translated by John Bowden.
Oneworld, 800 pp., $39.95.
Shortly after the attacks of September 11, President Bush declared that the perpetrators had "violated the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith" and that "Islam is peace." On what basis did Bush make this declaration? The terrorists certainly thought they were being obedient to the tenets of the Islamic faith. Does George Bush, who isn't a Muslim, know something about Islam those Muslims didn't?
For centuries the West has encountered ...
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Meet the master.(Phidias)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...began. For advice, he looked to the sculptor Phidias, who may have been a close friend. Phidias was charged with overseeing such important...of Zeus at Olympia (see pages 16-17). Phidias had been born around 490 B.C. He reportedly...
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Reviving the 'School of Phidias': the Invention of a National 'School of Sculpture' in Britain (1780-1830)
Magazine article from: Visual Culture in Britain
; ...afford an honourable asylum to these monuments of the School of Phidias.1 Despite the vigorous production of sculpture in eighteenth...nation was uniquely qualified to emulate the achievement of Phidias, the supposed creator of the Marbles. The invention of an...
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Preoperative planning with rapid prototyping. (Phidias medical model project)
Magazine article from: Tooling & Production
; ...easy segmentation tools, and faster production machines. The Phidias project represents a partnership among Materialise, Belgium...Following the research that resulted in FDA-approved resin, the Phidias project performed image processing with software. Data are...
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The Divine Proportion, Friar Pacioli and Phidias (Conclusion).(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...seems typical of some government officials in the Philippines. Phidias received a commission from the Athenian statesman Pericles...on Parthenon. The enemies of Pericles, however, accused Phidias of misappropriating the gold intended for the statues. He...
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 "Genome Biology (Online Edition)")
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PHIDIAS: a pathogen-host interaction data integration and analysis system.(Software)
Magazine article from: Genome Biology (Online Edition)
; Authors: Zuoshuang Xiang [1,2,3]; Yuying Tian [4]; Yongqun He (corresponding author) [1,2,3] Rationale An infectious disease is the result of an interactive relationship between a pathogen and its host. According to estimations of the World Health Organization, infectious diseases caused 14.7
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Athenian glory.
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...Athens. Pericles invited fellow Athenian Phidias, the foremost sculptor of the time...the architects Ictinus and Callicrates, Phidias created a vision of the Acropolis as a...cult statue of the goddess sculpted by Phidias. With a wooden core that he covered with...
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Food for thought before the Olympic Games begin
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register
; ...of Zeus, a work by the famed sculptor Phidias. In the statue, Zeus was shown on an...other. It had long been rumored that Phidias' workshop was in Olympia and archaeology...rustic drinking cup inscribed, "I am Phidias." Archaeologists have found heaped next...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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ARTREPRENEURS NEW COMMERCIAL GALLERIES ARRIVE ON THE HEELS OF THE REGION'S MUSEUM-BUILDING BOOM.(ARTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...into the future. From the window of his Phidias Art Gallery in downtown Troy, Elliott...Arts magnet The Martinez Gallery, like Phidias, cast its lot north of Albany, to Troy...effects. In June, Elliott plans to open a Phidias Saratoga in the Spa City, in part because...
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Magnificent zeus.(Statue of Zeus (Olympia, Greece) )(Geographic overview)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...generation later, the Athenian sculptor Phidias arrived in Olympia. He was already well...workshop outside the temple precinct. Phidias' statue was to be set in the rear portion...BY WHOM: Crafted by the Greek sculptor Phidias STATUS: Destroyed around A.D. 426...
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The divine king.(Zeus)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...renowned fifth-century B.C. sculptor Phidias. It soon became known as one of the seven...ancient world. To craft the masterpiece, Phidias began with a framework of wood, over...s flesh and gold for the garments. Phidias placed a scepter, a symbol of power...
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