We have little reason to expect other civilizations to follow our unusual path, which was opened up by a unique theological-political crisis within Christendom".
The seminars are opening the eyes of the religious leaders, he said, citing admissions by the clerics that they have learned something unique that theological colleges do not offer.
It will take hard work and deep searching among Mormons to end suicide among gay LDS youth, and reconcile our faith's unique teachings about the theological importance of heterosexual marriage with the Christian commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Saadya defends the truth as well as the reasonableness of Biblical and rabbinic writings within the Jewish tradition, engages in polemics against members of the Jewish community who dispense with rabbinic authority, and brings a unique blend of philosophical and theological sensibilities to bear on questions of epistemology, morality and religion.
Although he demonstrated less critical method and limited theological comprehension, Sozomen's unique inclusion of certain sources makes his work valuable in itself and as a corrective of Socrates' text.
A unique eyewitness record, Hrōmaikē historia emphasizes the theological nature of the events that it describes, a characteristic that marked subsequent Byzantine chronicles.
Still, what interests non-Muslims is not theological precision but the Five Percenters' unique allure.
Interestingly, Augustine does not think that the case of God is unique, but also suggests that there are non-theological cases in which things are related solely in virtue of the properties or accidents of other things.
Peter Carnley, former primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, has described Anglicanism's "unique or essential identity" as having "not so much a body of theological teaching, as a style of theological reflection" that goes back to the Elizabethan theologian Richard Hooker.
