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The Theology of Mundane Matter in Late Antiquity: Church Property, Material Resources, and Everyday Economic Practice in the Early Christian World

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines the practical management of material resources in late-antique Christian communities. While histories of early Christianity often concentrate on councils, creeds, bishops, and theological controversies, churches also had to manage land, buildings, oil, wax, grain, clothing, liturgical objects, donations, charitable distributions,…

Christian History & ArchaeologyView record
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Remembering the Human Cost of Early Christianity

Grace, Daniel J.

Modern scholarship has rightly challenged simplified representations of early Christianity as a completely unified movement subjected to continuous, empire-wide persecution. Christian communities differed in theology, practice, authority, and textual tradition, while Roman responses to Christianity varied considerably across periods and regions. Nevertheless, critical…

Christian History & ArchaeologyView record
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The Seven Churches of Revelation: A Theological and Historical Study

Grace, Daniel J.

This paper presents a theological and historical study of the seven churches addressed in Revelation chapters 2–3. By examining the biblical text alongside its first-century historical and cultural context, the study explores the spiritual condition, challenges, and distinctive messages given to each church:…

Biblical Studies & InterpretationView record
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The Trade Routes of the Text: The Economic Micro-History of Early Christian Manuscripts

Grace, Daniel J.

his article examines the economic and material history behind the production and circulation of early Christian manuscripts. It argues that Christian texts did not spread through theology alone, but through networks of papyrus production, copying labour, private patronage, household communities, couriers, merchants, ports,…

Christian History & ArchaeologyView record
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Faith Hidden in Stone: Christian Epigraphy, Discreet Identity, and Material Resistance before Constantine

Grace, Daniel J.

This research article examines the discreet theological language of early Christian epigraphy before Constantine. It focuses on funerary inscriptions, graffiti, symbolic vocabulary, Roman burial conventions, and the Abercius Inscription. The article argues that early Christian inscriptions should not be understood as evidence of…

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Deep Space and the Scope of Salvation: Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Multiple Incarnations, and the Cosmic Christ

Grace, Daniel J.

The possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life has moved from the margins of theological speculation into a subject of serious interdisciplinary discussion. Advances in astronomy, astrobiology, and the discovery of thousands of exoplanets have prompted renewed consideration of whether Christian theology possesses adequate conceptual…

Theology, Science & TechnologyView record
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Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness: A Christian Theological Evaluation of Mind, Personhood, and Human Uniqueness

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines artificial intelligence and consciousness from a Christian theological perspective. It distinguishes computational intelligence from subjective awareness and considers whether artificial systems could possess consciousness, personhood, moral agency, or spiritual identity. Drawing upon Christian anthropology, the biblical doctrine of the image…

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Modern Psychology: A Theology of Eternal Memory

Grace, Daniel J.

This article develops a Christian theology of eternal memory in conversation with modern psychology, trauma studies, neuroscience, and philosophical accounts of personal identity. It asks whether people who experience severe trauma, amnesia, dementia, brain injury, or other disruptions of autobiographical memory will have…

Practical Theology & Public LifeView record
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The Astro-Missiology of the Unreachable: Christian Proclamation and Divine Grace Beyond Earthly Horizons

Grace, Daniel J.

Christian missiology has traditionally understood the "unreached" through earthly categories of geography, language, culture, political restriction, historical circumstance, and limited access to Christian proclamation. The possible expansion of human civilisation beyond Earth introduces a new theological frontier: cosmic geography. This study proposes astro-missiology…

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The Destiny of the Unevangelised: Divine Justice Beyond Geography

Grace, Daniel J.

The eternal destiny of those who lived and died without hearing the Christian gospel remains one of the most difficult questions in Christian theology. The problem concerns people whose historical, cultural, or geographical circumstances made direct knowledge of Jesus Christ impossible. Can a…

Systematic & Philosophical TheologyView record
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Beginning with Jesus: Recovering a Christ-Centred Theology in Dialogue with Contemporary Science

Grace, Daniel J.

This article proposes a Christ-centred framework for constructive dialogue between Christian theology and contemporary science. Its central claim is that Christian theology should begin with the person, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, while scientific inquiry should be respected as the disciplined…

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