between each church. No child should walk into a Synagogue for the Jewish people with their families and then mistake it for a Mosque that is made for Muslims. The views of religion come from different cultural backgrounds. “Ideas are borrowed from other cultures, presently as well as in the past. Thus, the Christian religion was built upon ideas of Judaism. St. Thomas Aquinas harmonized the philosophy of Aristotle of ancient Athens with Christianity provide for the official theology of the Catholic
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need to be considered. When beginning this topic let’s start off with defining what “religion” means According to "Dictionary" (2013), “it is a set of beliefs usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often have a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs “. By this definition we can say that religion has personal meanings depending on the individual’s beliefs or what they are influenced by. In the following paper elements of religion will be introduced, the relationship with
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Dr. Chan Thrs 231 Jannie Or Paper1 I disagree that the best way to study religion is learning from a page from the World Almanac. The information is not accurate and not adequate when comparing the world non-Christian on a few paragraph. First, Among all those ambiguous religion questions, one of them is very difficult to answer- who is the founder of the religion? According to the informative paper: "Founder of Hinduism--The Aryan invaders" which actually in
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HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY Faculty of Humanities Department of Religion Fall 2012-2013 REL 292 - Christian-Muslim Dialogue (3 credits) Instructor: Issa DIAB (Th.D (Theology); Dr. His. (Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations); Dr. in Cultures and Societies in the Arab and Muslim World; DrTh in Bible Translation-Septuagint and Targum (cand). Phone Office: +961 (01) 90 12 59 – Mobile (03) 275 930; Phone/Fax (01) 88 33 13 -Office Number E-mail: issadiab@hotmail.com ; IDiab@haigazian.edu.lb ___________
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you cannot maintain your faith and remain a great journalist. A coinciding myth is that religion should not be reported in the news, because the topic is subjective and difficult for outsiders to understand. Ultimately, these opinions are harmful to news culture, because the views imply that this large portion of human culture should be downplayed, due to a lack of understanding of how to report on religions news. When it comes to religious journalists, it is important to understand that the truths
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Heaven’s Gate Religion There are many types of religions that have been formed known as new religious movements and Heaven’s Gate Religion is one that fascinates me. Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religious Millenarian group based in San Diego, California, founded in the early 1970s and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles. On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had committed suicide in order to reach what they believed was an alien space craft
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Religion is a globally never ending topic of discussion in our churches and even day to day lives. It is a sensitive topic that people have learned to keep to themselves or shout out there opinions about. People have this unknown perception that their religion is the right and best religion out there. Are we actually going to say that out loud? Well, maybe but during these times where religion was a growing topic of discussion not only in the church but government they made their opinions loud and
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Religion is a major part of the world, especially in the realm of cultural identity and unity. It allows groups of people from all over the globe to share a single common trait and unites them. Religion can serve as a sense of identity or purpose. There are multiple religions currently, but to create new ones and have them last through time is another task. Religions have been made in the past and are still being created, yet they are not mainstream due to a lack of one or two particular traits.
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Theoretically speaking, religion is an organized collection of belief systems, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Durkheim, E. (1980:95) adds that the word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief systems. He goes on to explain that many religions have organized behaviours, clergy, a definition that constitutes adherence or membership, holy places and scriptures. Taking into account Durkheim school of thought
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According to the text for most religions the divine is the core or origin of everything. (Molloy & Hilgers, 2010) However many religions perceive and interpret the divine differently. In religious traditions based on monotheism there is one divine being or entity, such God in Christianity, or Allah in Islam. The textbook refers to the monotheistic notion of the divine being as a cosmic person who is intelligent, compassionate and just, as well as processes unlimited virtue. In monotheism the divine
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