Essays 121 - 150
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
several different schools" (Anonymous The History of Buddhism, 2002; history.html). From this we can perhaps understand that these...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...
The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...
I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...
the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...
religions, and political systems. Numerous world entities have agreed that all humans were entitled to certain basic rights and f...
leading many Americans to think very poorly of all Muslims and of Islam. This individual states that, "We must not allow the enemi...
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...
Spanish). The Mexican Web site relies on more attractive visuals than does the Australian Web site -- the beautiful woman wearing ...
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...
from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...
This influence occurred even in the face of the ideological and geographical separation that existed between Christians and Muslim...
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...
significance of networks in formulating that identity (Meyer 424). The specific topics covered are diverse. For example, Hegland a...
not acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, but it, nevertheless, acknowledges the legitimacy of his teachings and presents him as a ...