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provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
external worship. The practice of the Sufis, therefore, came into direct contradiction with traditional Muslim beliefs, teaching ...
Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...
In seven pages this paper discusses the contemporary American role of the Nation of Islam in an overview that includes doctrines, ...
This paper of 6 pages compares western culture and Islamic religion in terms of similarities and differences, providing definition...
This five page paper analyzes the CBS television program. The documentary reviews the Nation of Islam alongside Malcolm X's belie...
In twenty one pages this paper discusses ideology and religious practices of Islam in a consideration of cultural misconceptions b...
further, a historical religion while Hinduism cannot be traced to one particular person or era (1998). Further, while Islam is dep...
to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....
society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...
In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...
of the supposed "truth" of some Christian believers to cut through the sin of the real world for the sake of the individual soul o...
In five pages this paper examines the religious parallels that exist within this short story by Isak Dinesen. Four sources are ci...
In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...
moral and religious instruction, Herbert includes an invitation to delve deeper in the "church" before beginning the next section....
Christianity is and always has been the dominant religious preference in the United States. It was founded on the philosophy of r...
In five pages this paper examines how the Sermon on the Mount preached by Jesus represents and reflects Christianity beliefs and t...
outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...
in the form of fire which descended upon their heads. "To date the rise of the church from this experience is somewhat arbitrary ,...
and man. This was accomplished by the assumption of the worlds sins by His son, Jesus Christ, who was crucified and was seen alive...
we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...
including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...
was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...
signify the "blood of the covenant" (Geffen, 1993, p. 28). It is a time-honored ceremony that is concluded when a family member (...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
"Hebrew name" does not have to be in Hebrew, as Yiddish or English names are often used (Rich). Of all the Jewish rituals, the bri...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...