Quotes About Pre-modern

When the Bible was written, society was agrarian. There were no smartphones. No helicopters. "You can't expect us to find answers for these, our postmodern times, in that glaringly pre-modern book." But that is precisely what we should expect. The Scriptures speak to our condition, and because we are wealthy, they speak to it very directly. But we have to be prepared to listen.

Identity by religion, cutting across caste, region and language, has become something of a fantasy for pre-modern times.

was a bustling center of commerce and western influence in pre-modern China. Today it is the center of business in modern day China.

I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

It is probably safe to say that in strongly hierarchical societies the only people to whom something approaching nationalist sentiments can be attributed in pre-modern times is the ruling elite, and then only at times.

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.