• The conflicts are among the reactionary elements of the world's religions and cultures. (uua.org)
  • Christianity is the world's largest religion and has meant more for the growth and development of Western culture than any other movement or system of thought. (lu.se)
  • Was Christianity Similar to the Different Mystery Religions in the Roman Empire? (blueletterbible.org)
  • Is Christianity a religion based on Jesus Christ? (arcamax.com)
  • Q: I looked Christianity up in the dictionary and it says that Christianity is a religion based on Jesus Christ. (arcamax.com)
  • In his seminal essay " The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis ," published in Science magazine in 1967, historian Lynn Townsend White, Jr. argues that those Biblical precepts made Christianity, "especially in its Western form," the "most anthropocentric religion the world has seen. (newgeography.com)
  • He has served as a senior writer for Facts & Trends, senior editor of Christianity Today, religion writer at The Tennessean, and contributor to publications including OnFaith, USA Today and The Washington Post. (religionnews.com)
  • Umbria is a region known historically as the land related to religion and spirituality ,the phenomenon dates back to ancient times when Christianity was not yet common in our country, and in many parts of the Umbria, thriving intellectual centers of worship and related pagan religions of various kinds. (bellaumbria.net)
  • Smietana will discuss his book REORGANIZED RELIGION: The Reshaping of the American Church and Why it Matters , which Worthy Publishing will release on August 30, 2022. (religionnews.com)
  • Looking at specific religions, Research Co. data shows that there is a slight drop in the proportion of Canadians who describe their religion as Christian8 (48 per cent) compared to 2021. (kesq.com)
  • Research Co. asked what else mattered to residents of both countries, and found that affluence ranked lower than religion in Canada by 14 per cent (up three points from 2021). (kesq.com)
  • You can find all e-journals that the libraries at Lund University subscribe to, via ePublications . (lu.se)
  • Xue Cheng, Secretary General of CCRP, said that the five major religions in China, Buddhism, Taoism, Protestantism, Islam and Catholicism are flourishing and meeting the spiritual demands of their respective followers. (icna.org)
  • The Chinese government technically recognizes Catholicism as one of five religions in the country, but there exists an underground Catholic Church, which is persecuted and loyal to Rome. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The reservations are to be made through an app called "Smart Religion" developed by the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission of Henan Province. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • ChinaAid said the development and rollout of the app is part of the communist government's efforts to "strictly manage religion in a comprehensive way," in part by gathering data about religious believers. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • China's Henan Daily reported that on Feb. 24 this year, Zhang Leiming, member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, went to the Provincial Ethnic and Religious Committee to investigate and pointed out that it is necessary to strictly manage religion in a comprehensive way, unite and guide the majority of religious believers to follow the Chinese Communist Party unswervingly. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • 1. Is There a Bias Against Religion or a Religious Bias in the Media? (issuesetc.org)
  • and that the Establishment Clause is not intended to guarantee the public will not be exposed to religion or religious symbols. (therightscoop.com)
  • In " Right from Wrong: Why Religion Fails and Reason Succeeds ," published by Prometheus Books, Smith tackles religious and secular approaches to establishing a moral code. (washington.edu)
  • The Executive Director of Religions for Peace, Dr. William Vendley, welcomed the guests and thanked the Chinese delegation for visiting the US and meeting with the leadership of the US religious organizations. (icna.org)
  • Established in the early 70's, Religions for Peace USA is the largest and most broadly-based representative multi-religious forum in the United States. (icna.org)
  • Louis-Philippe Raynault-Ollu & Giacomo Zucchi, Concepts de religion dans le droit: Une étude éclectique des approches juridiques à la définition et au droit à la liberté de religion (The Concepts of Religion in Law: An Eclectic Study of the Juridical Approaches to Define Religion and Religious Freedom) , Revue Juridique Thémis (2012-2013) 46 R.J.T.649-677. (blogspot.com)
  • BrillOnline is an open site which means that you can search for titles, read table of contents and abstracts for all titles but fulltext is only available for subscribed titles. (lu.se)
  • Subscribe to any feature and receive your newsletter directly in your inbox. (arcamax.com)
  • Before joining RNS in 2019, Stone served as editor in chief for Barna Group, a social research firm focusing on religion in America. (religionnews.com)
  • This new challenge seeks to improve equitable access to protective clothing for the broad spectrum of U.S. workers, who vary in size, gender, body shape, ethnicity, religion, and work activity. (cdc.gov)
  • Why aren't pollsters asking how religion affects Latinos' voting? (ncronline.org)
  • Majorities in most European countries have told Gallup pollsters in the last few years that religion does not "occupy an important place" in their lives. (newgeography.com)
  • Hai Phong City Police Department said there are about 100 Hmong people living there and, although they were not "Jesus Church" followers they had issued a warning to try to stop them joining the religion. (rfa.org)
  • But Jewish leaders (at Jesus' time and before) loved religion more than truth, and they therefore chose to break a moral commandment in order to keep a less important ritual commandment. (gutenberg.edu)
  • Brookings and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life will host a panel discussion October 15 that will include several co-authors of a new book from the Brookings Institution Press, Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion & U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World . (brookings.edu)
  • On January 8, the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted the launch of a report titled " Islam as Statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy ," authored by two senior fellows, Shadi Hamid and Peter Mandaville. (brookings.edu)
  • MANHATTAN, New York (April 10, 2013) - The President of ICNA, Naeem Baig, participated in the dialogue held today at the office of Religions for Peace, in Manhattan, New York, with the delegation of the China Committee on Religion and Peace (CCRP). (icna.org)
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  • Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorn is based upon both logic and faith. (futilitycloset.com)
  • Despite the dominance of scientific explanation in the modern world, at the beginning of the twenty-first century faith in miracles remains strong, particularly in resurgent forms of traditional religion. (blogspot.com)
  • If you're receiving this email, it's because you've been subscribed to our mailing list. (lu.se)
  • REORGANIZED RELIGION uncovers the ways the Christian church has changed in recent years-from the decline of the mainline denominations to the mega-churchification of American culture to the rise of the Nones and Exvaneglicals. (religionnews.com)
  • Richard Flory is the executive director of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. (usc.edu)
  • However, Boston University Religion Professor Anthony M. Petro offers in his new book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality & American Religion (Oxford University Press, 2015), a truth beyond the stance on homosexuality has long been at play. (lambdaliterary.org)
  • One major part of my book explores how pious members of book-based religions grapple with scriptures that any modern person would have difficulty swallowing," said Smith, a UW professor of political science. (washington.edu)
  • Read the introduction to Miracles: Wonder and Meaning in World Religions , and learn more about the book at the publisher's website. (blogspot.com)
  • Daniel Dennett suggests in his book Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon that if non-naturalists are concerned with connotations of the word bright, then they should invent an equally positive sounding word for themselves, like supers (i.e. one whose world view contains supernaturalism). (wikipedia.org)
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  • The discussion of Islam in world politics recently has tended to focus on how religion is used by a wide range of social movements, political parties, and militant groups. (brookings.edu)
  • He noted that "when [MBS] spoke of moderate Islam, audiences in the West heard a narrative about reform and movement away from ultra conservative religion" when in reality, Mandaville believes, it was a way to suppress "interpretations of religion that might actually pose a threat to his consolidation of political control in Saudi Arabia. (brookings.edu)
  • Three new faculty books from the University of Washington cover wide-ranging topics: oysters, the moral contradictions of religion, and Cherokee creature names and environmental relationships. (washington.edu)
  • must be determined by analyzing the various and customary rites, customs, and practices of the Hindu religion of a particular caste in a particular religion," the 2nd Department Appellate Division in Brooklyn wrote. (courthousenews.com)
  • Professor Michael A. Helfand spoke on a panel titled "Regulating Religion and the Market" at a conference held at the University of Virginia School of Law. (pepperdine.edu)
  • Scott Thumma , Professor of Sociology of Religion and director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University, has published books, numerous articles and research reports. (religionnews.com)
  • Shannon Bow O'Brien , Associate Professor of Instruction at University of Texas, Austin, will give a presentation over Zoom for the Populism and Religion seminar series, hosted by our affiliate, the Beyond Truth and Lies project. (lu.se)
  • Traditional religion is having a tough time in parts of the world. (newgeography.com)
  • Although Christians at this time were perceived as troublesome by both Jews and Romans, no one claimed that the founder of their religion was fictitious. (lu.se)
  • As I attend the Religions for Peace World Assembly in Vienna, I can't help but feel deep pride as a Unitarian Universalist. (uua.org)
  • Once more I am impressed by how the great struggles in the world today are not really between different religions and cultures. (uua.org)
  • Lakshmanan asked him if he sees MBS as a transactionalist who views religion as a way to maintain and build power, and if that is really different than other authoritarian world leaders. (brookings.edu)
  • The World Christian Databas (WCD) - Provides statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups. (lu.se)
  • Mandaville agreed that MBS is a transcationalist, adding that he believes MBS does not "have any particularly strong ideological commitments with respect to the question of the relationship between religion and politics. (brookings.edu)
  • Shocking to find an article written by a frum dude who wants to separate religion and politics - although I disagree with his claim that he has no agenda, his agenda is to get clients and that's why he wrote this. (frumsatire.net)
  • People should admit the 'uncomfortable' truth that Islamic State is made up of Muslims and their doctrine is Islamic, the BBC's head of religion told an audience of students. (independent.co.uk)
  • This award-winning religion reporter and editor has spent two decades producing breaking news, data journalism, investigative reporting, profiles and features for magazines, newspapers, trade publications and websites. (religionnews.com)
  • This suggests that for non-depressed women, religion may be a way to alleviate psychological stress without the negative effects of maladaptive coping techniques, like smoking. (goodtherapy.org)
  • The leaders of these major religions also work together to strengthen China Committee on Religions and Peace. (icna.org)
  • ICNA is an Executive Council member of the US based organization Religions for Peace USA . (icna.org)
  • We subscribe to the view that meme is used as a shortcut to refer to in- religion spreads among humans not because of formation that is passed from mind to mind an alleged innate tendency to believe in gods, and spread in a population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our Japanese partners, the Rissho Kosei-kai, were also part of founding Religions for Peace. (uua.org)
  • Here in Vienna, a vital global effort that we UU's helped to create uses religion as a means to spread understanding, compassion and peace. (uua.org)
  • In the online survey, 38 per cent of American respondents stated that religion is "very important" for them personally, while 25 per cent of Canadians said the same. (kesq.com)
  • The comparison suggested that the percentage of people in Canada who consider religion "very important" is actually up three points since last year's polling. (kesq.com)
  • Only 28 per cent of Americans aged 18 to 34 acknowledge that religion is very important to them, compared to 40 per cent of those aged 35 to 45 and 42 per cent of those aged 55 and over," said Research Co. president Mario Canseco in a news release earlier this month. (kesq.com)
  • Breaking down the data, results show that 27 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 34 said religion is "very important" for them, while it was very important for 25 per cent of respondents aged 35 to 54, and 22 per cent of Canadians aged 55 and over. (kesq.com)
  • But the public square could just as easily be the market and, indeed, many of the recent debates about religion in public life center on commercial actors. (pepperdine.edu)
  • The question of religion and its role in policy choices-particularly as those choices relate to nation-building and democratization-has long found itself at the heart of debates about foreign aid, economic sanctions, and military intervention. (brookings.edu)
  • For some individuals and societies, the role of religion seems increasingly to be filled by environmentalism. (newgeography.com)
  • This and some other surveys of medieval religion have also suggested that for many medieval Christians, as long as they accepted some core beliefs, religion was more about participating in the rituals than about having a high level of doctrinal knowledge. (medievalists.net)
  • With this intellectual/academic framework, Hearn carried out surveys of community associations and neighbourhood projects, such as Casa del Caribe and Asociacion Cultural Yoruba, both of which are organisations that promote the Afro-Cuban religion Santeria, and the Office of the Historian of Havana and the Group of Integrated Development of the Capital, both of which are decentralised urban planning agencies. (timeshighereducation.com)
  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. (blogspot.com)