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Pentecost Pentecost is a festival that commemorates the arrival of the Holy Spirit. Its name is derived from the Greek word for “fiftieth”, as it occurs fifty days after Passover, during the...
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The number "twelve" is common in the Bible. There were twelve tribes of Israel. In Leviticus, there were twelve unleavened cakes of bread left in the temple as a sacrifice. There were also twelve...
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Daoism is an eastern philosophy that originated in the Era of Warring States period in China during the Zhou Dynasty. One of the things that makes Daoism unique is that, unlike the other two...
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A Pew Research Center study on spirituality from 2015 (see the link below) found that fewer Americans are affiliated with established religious groups than in the past. More Americans than ever...
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First, we should note that Islam is not monolithic. There are various branches of Islam, and various individual imams or religious leaders and scholars who set forth different opinions about...
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The four marks of the Church are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. According to Catholic doctrine, "one" means that the church worships one God and is made up of one faith. Just as Jesus Christ,...
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The role of religion in American politics in general has evolved considerably over the last several decades, with the rise in influence of Christian evangelicals during the Reagan Administration...
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I'm not allowed to write your letter; however, I can give you some direction on the letter. I can help summarize each passage and recommend which two to three passages I think would fit well with a...
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The Canaanites were the civilization that pre-dated the early Israelites in the area that is now Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. The Canaanites were a polytheistic people who worshipped many...
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As the previous answer suggests, we have to take religious belief seriously when answering questions like this. In other words, we have no reason to believe that many Israelites did not earnestly...
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The sacred texts of Hinduism, called the Vedas, continue to inform Hindu ritual and practice. The four principle Vedas are the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda. In all, the Vedas...
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One of the traditions that was incorporated into Hinduism was the Vedic religion of the Iron Age, which was practiced among the Indo-Aryans of northern India from about 1750 BCE to 500 BCE. Their...
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Early Roman religions were animistic; that is, they believed that spirits resided in natural objects. Early Romans also believed that the spirits of their ancestors stood watch over them. Later,...
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In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Durkheim defined religion as composed of rites (modes of action) and beliefs (collective representations). He writes that all religious beliefs do the...
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What is important about this statement is that it marks a change in the Church's stance towards the adherents of other religions. The statement itself opens the door for the Catholic faithful to...
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Jeremy Bentham espoused a philosophy of utilitarianism, which stated that an act should be judged as right or wrong according to whether it creates the greatest happiness. His "felicific calculus"...
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Monastic theology is largely defined by its emphasis on inner spirituality. It emphasizes spiritual withdrawal from the material world and ecstasy in the divine presence. In the medieval world, the...
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Kwanzaa is traditionally celebrated after Christmas; it lasts from December 26 to January 1. Created by Maulana Karenga, a black activist, Kwanzaa is a festival derived from the civil rights...
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Christianity was not brought to the Americas until 1492, when Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World ushered in the Age of Discovery. This period began the spread of Christianity to the...
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The three main branches of modern Christianity are Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox.The Catholic Church is the oldest; Catholicism dates its founding to the original church founded by...
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D. A. Carson's How Long, O Lord? is a text which examines Biblical passages as they pertain to the suffering of mankind; it is written through the lens of Evangelical Christianity. Chapter five,...
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There are several reasons why Hume used the dialogue form. The first is that it was a standard type of philosophical writing, first pioneered by Plato, and subsequently used by many other...
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Muslim people visit a mosque or masjid for the same reason a Christian person visits a church, a Jewish person visits a synagogue, a Buddhist visits a temple, or a Neo-pagan spends time...
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There are three main groups of reasons why one should not use these terms when describing indigenous religions. First, there is the problem that these terms are not particularly accurate or...
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The Bible is a complex book. In fact, the Protestant version is composed of sixty-six books, written by a range of authors. There are many themes that run through the Bible, and there are many...
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Many scholars have attempted to provide comprehensive yet concise descriptions of what is common to all religions. I think that Huston Smith, a Doctor of Religious Studies, has best summarized the...
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According to Islamic tradition, the founder of the religion was the prophet Mohammad, who was born in Mecca in 570 C.E. When Mohammad was at the age of 40, Allah (the name of God in Islam) revealed...
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Hope is the idea that something in the future might happen. Hope carries an element of optimism that the future event, whether in this life or the next, will be beneficial. Human life is...
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Pico della Mirandola's "Oration on the Dignity of Man" presents a very positive view of human nature. While Church doctrine emphasized the sinful aspects of human nature, Pico preferred to dwell on...
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Islam originated in India due to trade between India and the Arabic-speaking world. Arab traders who practiced the religion of Islam arrived on the western coast of India around 600 AD. Throughout...
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Followers of Catholicism support something called the "culture of life," a component of moral theology which values all human life at all stages, and attempts to fight what they perceive as...
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The main conflict in this novel is the supernatural struggle between good and evil as determined by an evangelical U.S. later-twentieth century Christian perspective. On the surface, the conflict...
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This is an important question, but I really don't like the use of the term "tolerance" in this context. We use this word to indicate that there is something we do not like, but we are putting up...
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To the degree that Islam is hated, it is hated, I would say, by people who fear it because they know nothing about it. We are fearful of the unknown and tend to hate that which we don't...
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There are many hundreds or even thousands of religions in the world. Within each of those religions, there is tremendous variation not only in doctrine but in how people interpret and react to...
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The basic answers to all of these questions are the same. First, Christians believe these things because this is what their scripture says. Second, these things are no more or less impossible than...
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The three Abrahamic faiths are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They are related through several fundamental beliefs and a shared history, beginning with the figure of Abraham. These three...
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After Prophet Muhammad’s death (pbuh), followers of Islam were organized into caliphates and the spread of the religion was majorly through propagation, missionary activities and trade. The Arab...
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Obviously, as an educator who is not personally acquainted with you, I cannot know what are important and familiar elements of your personal life; therefore I will focus on the parable as a genre...
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For the most part, this is a question whose answer depends on the attitudes and beliefs of the individual who is choosing a particular career. There are a very few careers that people only choose...
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The answer to this question requires an understanding of Epistemology, the study of knowledge, more specifically, how knowledge is defined and taxonomized. Put simply, how do we “know” things,...
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Personally, I would like to meet Abraham. There are a few reasons why. Abraham's story is probably one of the most inspirational when it comes to questions of faith. Abraham and his wife prayed...
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St. Thomas Aquinas's five proofs for the existence of God are found in his book Summa Theologica. A summary of this text can be found in the eNotes link below. Aquinas's proofs for the existence of...
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The discussion of "Ātman is Brahman" and "That Thou Art" (sometimes for clarity written, as above, as "That One, Thou Art") is an objective discussion based in Vedantic theology as expressed in...
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The Vedas are the recorded revelations of the earliest thinkers who were at one in mind and soul with the essence of the cosmos and the essential truths of the cosmos. Their thoughts and teachings...
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First, this assignment seems intended to prompt you to explore your own personal faith tradition and sense of the relationship between justice and the divine. While an educator can present the...
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According to the bible, children are not free from demonic possessions. There are examples of demonic possessions in the Bible, and children are not left out either. For instance, in Acts...
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1 Kings 18:43 states that: “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” Prior...
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In the Christian calendar, Lent refers to the period before Easter, and it is usually a six-week (40 days) long observation, before the Easter celebrations. There might be variations among the...
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Whereas Buddhism focuses on the teachings of Gautama Buddha, who they believe is enlightened, but not deity, Christianity worships Jesus Christ as the son of God. Buddhism originated from the...
