“Such an emphasis on the immanence of God as Creator in, with, and under the natural processes of the world unveiled by the sciences is certainly in accord with all that the sciences have revealed since those debates of the nineteenth century.” WorldProcessNaturalCenturyCreatorDebateEmphasisAccordNineteenth Century Book:The Palace of Glory: God's World and Science Source: The Palace of Glory: God's World and Science
“I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original and surprising and exciting of our time. The starting point is a system that none of us had anticipated, which I call Leninist capitalism, but also obviously because it is the most important emerging power. The question of China's relations with the United States in particular, and the rest of the world in general, is the question of war and peace in the 21st century.” WorldImportantWarStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesCenturyParticularCapitalismExcitingClaimsRelationOriginalsStartingInternationalChinaDebateChineseOur TimeSurprising21st CenturyEmergingPolitical SystemsStarting Point Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“the word 'justification' has itself had a chequered career over the course of many centuries of debate. As the major historian of the doctrine has noted, the word has long since ceased to mean, in ecclesial debates, what it meant for Paul himself - which is confusing, since the debates have gone on referring to Paul as though he was in fact talking about what they want to talk about. It is as though the greengrocer treated you to a long discussion of how onions are grown, and how best to cook with them, when what you had asked was how much he would charge for three of them.” WantMeanLongFactsThreeCoursesTalkingCareersGoneCenturyMajorsDebateDoctrineTreatedCooksDiscussionHistorianJustificationConfusingReferringOnions Author:N. T. Wright
“Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.” LongDoeGovernmentPowerfulRolesProgressCenturyDebateAll TimeSettlingOur TimeRole Of Government Author:Barack Obama
“Until the late-nineteenth-century the House of Commons maintained a formal ban on the reporting of its debates.” HouseCenturyLateDebateFormalBansNineteenth CenturyHouse Of Commons Book:Secrecy in Britain Source: Secrecy in Britain
“To those of us who have been following the climate debate for decades, the next few years will be electrifying. There is a high probability we will witness the crackup of one of the most influential scientific paradigms of the 20th century, and the implications for policy and global politics could be staggering.” YearsHas BeensNextCenturyPolicyClimateFollowingDecadesDebateWitnessProbability20th CenturyInfluentialImplicationsParadigmStaggering Author:Ross McKitrick