▁of ▁Rom ano - C entr ism ▁and ▁t endency ▁toward ▁Latin ization ; ▁ ▁It ▁challeng es ▁Protest ants ’ ▁lat ent ▁Doc et ism , ▁att aching ▁the ▁ge ography ▁of ▁salv ation ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁salv ation ; ▁ ▁The ology ▁is ▁here ▁forced ▁to ▁take ▁into ▁account ▁mystery ▁of ▁Israel ; ▁ ▁Like wise , ▁it ▁must ▁take ▁into ▁account ▁Islam , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁J uda ism , ▁and ▁its ▁place ▁in ▁God s ▁design ; ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁city ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁G ospel ▁came ▁and ▁to ▁which ▁must ▁return : ▁here ▁is ▁both ▁evangel ism ▁and ▁es chat ology . ▁ ▁Sch olar ly ▁research ▁and ▁community ▁The ▁core ▁of ▁T ant ur ’ s ▁mission ▁and ▁program ▁is ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁doctor al ▁and ▁post - do ctor al ▁research ers ▁working ▁in ▁areas ▁related ▁to ▁its ▁mission ▁of ▁prom oting ▁Christian ▁unity ▁( ec umen ism ). ▁This ▁particularly ▁includes ▁script ure ▁studies , ▁ecc les i ology , ▁pat rist ics , ▁and ▁sacr amental ▁the ology . ▁Other ▁sch ol ars ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁aspects ▁of ▁inter rel ig ious ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁peace building . ▁ ▁T ant ur ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁house ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁hundred ▁individuals , ▁including ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁their ▁families . ▁Histor ically , ▁though , ▁at ▁its ▁largest ▁the ▁scholar ly ▁community ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 – 4 0 ▁individuals . ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁there ▁are ▁usually