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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...
in government policy-making, for example....
War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...
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...
evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...
They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...
of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...
into the premier representation of Christianity, Jesus was to occupy a dual role within the religious world. He did not eschew hi...
very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...
To understand however how different Christian groups understand evolution, it is important to understand the two different formula...
of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...
laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...
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 ...
weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...
but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...
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...
believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...
peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...
managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...
and glorification. By a calling a person essentially is pulled out of a world "of sin and into union with Christ. This gives him a...
strictly forbidden. Supported by the assertion that "the life of a person is not his - rather, it belongs to the One Who granted ...
for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...