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The jealousy of God
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The three monotheistic religions are in bitter conflict. Jasper Griffin wonders whether the ancients were not wiser with their polytheism
TEN years ago, Soviet communism collapsed. The familiar Cold War came to an end. The West might have hoped that the world would no longer contain a powerful and implacable enemy. But Nature, once again, showed that she abhors a vacuum; and into the gap left by the end of secular ideology stepped the struggle between religions. Islam, Judaism and the...
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When good religions go bad: Monotheistic faiths are by nature intolerant
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; I WANT to speak about religious fanaticism and why good religions go bad. This is an issue that has bothered me for quite some time, and it is affecting our world in an ugly and devastating way. I am going to say something that is not going to sit well with some of you and so I apologize in
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How to teach about religions in the elementary social studies classroom. (Special Section: Including the Study of Religions Naturally in the Social Studies Curriculum)
The Social Studies
; Most educators would like to teach about religions, especially while teaching history, but hesitate because they are not sure exactly what they can legally teach, nor do they feel qualified to teach authoritatively on different religions. Consequently, most avoid teaching about religions whenever
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Searching for the Common Thread within Religions.
ReVision
; In conversations about religion and the manyness of religions, one often hears, in general as well as scholarly discussions, remarks about what all the religions have in common. It is generally taken for granted that despite the evident, often flamboyant, diversity of religions, there is something
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An Introduction to the Theology of Religions: Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; An Introduction to the Theology of Religions: Biblical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. By Veli-Matti Krkkinen. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2003, 372 pp., $29.00 paper. The reality of religious pluralism raises some perplexing questions for the church: In what sense is Jesus Christ the
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THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AS AGENT IN FALSE RELIGIONS? A CRITIQUE OF AMOS YONG'S PNEUMATOLOGICAL THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS WITH REFERENCE TO CURRENT TRENDS1
Trinity Journal
; With the rise of "postmodern pluralism," Christian theology has witnessed a burst of literature on the theology of religions.2 Now that it is popular parlance to characterize each religion as a different path leading to the same end, what are Christians to think about these other paths? Perhaps
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How to speak of the spirit among religions: Trinitarian "rules" for a pneumatological theology of religions.
International Bulletin of Missionary Research
; While the theme of the theology of religions--as to how to relate our faith to other faiths--has always appeared on the radar of Christian theology, as a theological discipline the theology of religions is a fairly new enterprise. (1) No wonder its canons are still in the making. (2) What has been
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The turn to pneumatology in Christian theology of religions: conduit or detour?
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
; A few years ago, Paul Knitter reported on the turn to pneumatology in Christian theology of religions taken by the dialogue subunit of the World Council of Churches at the theological consultation that met in January, 1990, at Baar, Switzerland.(1) He observed that, while the traditional emphasis
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Introduction: The Emerging Alliance of World Religions and Ecology.
Daedalus
; THIS ISSUE OF DAEDALUS brings together for the first time diverse perspectives from the world's religious traditions regarding attitudes toward nature with reflections from the fields of science, public policy, and ethics. The scholars of religion in this volume identify symbolic, scriptural, and
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A New Book Entitled "History of Religions" Published by Catholicosate of Cilicia
Armenian Reporter, The
; Armenian Reporter, The 09-17-2005 The publishing house of the Catholicosate of Cilicia has published a new book, History of Religions, written by the late Puzant Yeghiayan and edited by V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian. Puzant Yeghiayan was a longtime professor and dean at the Seminary of the
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Are all religions the same?; Different religions have overlapping ideas, but to suggest that they show the same beliefs is wrong.
Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; Do all religions lead to God? The answer should be obvious. Yet when the subject of religion comes up, I am both surprised and alarmed by the number of people who think all religions are basically the same. Many people actually believe that the religions of the world are simply different paths to
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