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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...other traditions. And it's in conflict with other traditions, especially the Muslim tradition, which is at this point in history, the most powerful religious..."
Jiang says the Catholic Church of Dante's time is trying to build a self-contained Christian theology distinct from other traditions and in conflict especially with the Muslim tradition, which he describes as the most powerful religious tradition in the world at that point.
"...other traditions. And it's in conflict with other traditions, especially the Muslim tradition, which is at this point in history, the most powerful religious..."
"...his visions become the basis for the holy book of the Muslim tradition called the Koran. And Muhammad understands that his mission is to..."
"...he goes to Medina. This is called the Hijra in the Muslim tradition, the pilgrimage. And when he goes to Medina, he becomes the..."
"...Now this is a very strange thing to do. If the Muslim tradition is"
Jiang opens the Dante series by doing something deliberately strange: he starts with Paradise, rejects the clever but dead answer, and says imagination is the road to truth.
The easy story says modernity begins in Europe after a medieval interruption.
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