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most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...

for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

first two hypothesises that we need to consider. The intervention for a higher being, is seen as a matter of faith, and as such pr...

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

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...

first arose, "on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become cor...

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 religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...

the world, and that Muhammad was the last, as well as the greatest, of the Prophets, of which Jesus was one (Robinson, 2005). And...

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...

existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...

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...

from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...

In fourteen pages this paper examines how Christianity can be taught by developing a greater understanding of its similarities and...

In nine pages this paper discusses the similarities that exist between Paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Four sources a...