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arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...
then, was something of a departure, venturing into historical territory. However, Potok carefully planned the work for a period of...
Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...
were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...
a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...
pagan gods. He no longer has a "hall" and "a giver of treasure" (24a). To understand the mans dilemma consider what it means to th...
eighteenth centuries was the formulation of the additions to the doctrine of the apostles in modern times (Marty, 1959). The first...
first arose, "on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become cor...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...
of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...
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...
from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...
Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...
the universal models there are ideas of the way that good will reveal the good news, before death or after death at either immedia...
Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...
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 ...
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...
off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...
the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...
Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...
basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...
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...