World of Islam: Arabic Civilization Terms and Identifications: Islam: Monotheistic religion announced by the prophet Muhammad (570-632); influenced by Judaism and Christianity‚ Muhammad was considered the final prophet because the earlier religions had not seen the entire picture; Quran is the holy book of Islam. Quran: Holy scripture of Islam; also known as “the recitation”; Believed to be the word of God; written record of ethical and social guidance that Muhammad told his followers;
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10189496 Queen’s University RELS131 October 25 2015 A History of God Novel Critique Karen Armstrong’s novel‚ A History of God‚ is a well known and prominent chronicle of how the Abrahamic traditions have developed over the past four thousand years. In this book‚ Armstrong addresses how the three most commonly practiced monotheistic religions; Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity‚ have been shaped and developed throughout history. Like many pieces of literature‚ this book has positive characteristics
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offer their rebuttal to John’s more progressive viewpoint. “People who don’t want Christianity‚ don’t want almost-Christianity… Christianity that reflects its culture… only lasts as long as it is useful to its host. That’s because it’s‚ at root‚ idolatry‚ and people turn from their idols when they stop sending rain” (Moore). Russell
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WHY GAY MARRIAGE IS WRONG Advocates of homosexual practice often argue that “gay marriage‚” or at least homosexual civil unions‚ will reduce promiscuity and promote fidelity among homosexual persons. Such an argument overlooks two key points. “Gay Marriage” as a Contradiction in Terms First‚ legal and ecclesiastical embrace of homosexual unions is more likely to undermine the institution of marriage and produce other negative effects than it is to make fidelity and longevity the
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becoming increasingly popular online‚ and I even found it published on a more traditional Catholic site (referring to a sedevacantist site)‚ because this 18 year old Ecuadorian girl claims to have seen John Paul II burning in hell because of his idolatry while she was apparently dead for 23 hours. And so it is tempting for *sedevacantists to publish her YouTube-testimony to get the word going. And I must say; this girl is very convincing in many ways‚ and it only makes her testimony more dangerous
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THE UNIQUENESS OF THE FAITH OF CHRISTIANITY Faith is the bed-rock of Christianity. Of all existing religions‚ Christianity is the only faith-centered religion. Other religions are wrongly labeled as “faiths”. The paradoxical phrase “paths of faith” has falsely elevated the other religions to a “faith” status. For‚ there is no other religion than Christianity which offers “faith” as a way of salvation to its adherents. Faith “marga” (way) is unique to Christianity. Faith is the essence of Christian
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Introduction When does one know when a spiritual change needs to occur and some form of sacrifice needed to achieve that change? Sacrifice‚ as defined by Webster’s‚ is an offering. To this reader‚ sacrifice is an act of humility for a greater good. Throughout the second half of the book of Isaiah‚ the prophet Isaiah speaks out about sacrifice and how there must be a new way to renew the covenant established by Abraham (Gen 17). The Book of Isaiah Chapter 53 stands out as the single prophetic
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in Joseph Conrad’s‚ Heart of Darkness. From listening to sermons in Sunday masses and reading the Bible in Sunday school‚ it is inevitable for the Europeanized African to perceive his own native culture to be that which is blinded by heathenism‚ idolatry and is nevertheless primitive. However‚ from the first few chapters of the novel‚ one can already perceive the complexity of the Igbo. Contrary to Eurocentric accounts of Africans as nothing more than just lawless and barbaric savages‚ the justice
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Essentially‚ it is the Inferno itself that is the greatest representative source scholars have on Dante’s political response towards his exile. Conversations between Hell’s inhabitants and Dante the pilgrim‚ as well as the latter’s observations within the narrative‚ reflect Dante the author’s attitudes towards the historical events he had witnessed throughout his life. Dante’s Hell is fundamentally Christian‚ and takes shape around the entirety of biblical canon‚ for it was Christ’s battle within
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Romeo’s Language Transformation What comes to mind when one thinks of love? The story of Romeo and Juliet is usually one of the first things‚ but most people think that this tragedy has a happy ending. No‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ends by the two star crossed lovers killing themselves out of love. The tragedy was written by William Shakespeare‚ who was well known for his use of figurative language in his many‚ many great works of literature. These types of language depict certain characteristics
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