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Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...
in Galatia." After his salutation, Paul goes right to the heart of the matter, which is that the people have been thrown into conf...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...
from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...
at the other religions, we see that all three believe in the "Word of God" as a direct and personal message to Man from the Divine...
the local political process (Ceasar, 2005). The Dawa party which is religious based was the top winner in that election (Ceasar, ...
And finally, can the nature of Jerusalem as a "sacred space" for all three faiths "throw any light on the conduct of politicians a...
a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...
including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...
come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...
events of the faith, such as God coming to earth in the form of man only once. It was also created out of love. "Although the worl...
obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...
sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...
not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...
discover which hermeneutical key to open each door (Blowers, 2004). Alexandria was based on a soteriological theology, which mean...
sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...
existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...
became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...
In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...
weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...
analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...
offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...
understand the draw to the marginalized groups such as the converted Jews, but to see the evidence which supported the recruit of ...
that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...
will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...
of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...
The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...
in government policy-making, for example....