Sentences with phrase «interest in other religions»

They had to find the best means of making the gospel relevant, and so they took a new interest in other religions and cultures.

Already before my National Service, which took me to Libya and Cyprus, I bad some interest in other religions, having heard talks by George Appleton, who had lived for some years amongst Buddhists in Burma, and Kenneth Cragg, a scholar on Islam.

Topher isn't interested in any other religions other than his own.

I am a new believer, grew up in a Catholic school but as I got older became very interested in other religions.

Not exact matches

It's interesting to see how people will find their own truth, dig in their heals and be blind to any other idea... What would Jesus do is an interesting question... I consider my self a Christian and a spiritualist... because I believe it's just not as black and white as one religion or another thinks... there is way more grey area... but a fundamental truths that are a good rule to live life by, wether you are christian or not... treat others the way you want to be treated... do unto others... I am my brothers keeper... all apply.

Interesting Silverman doesn't want religion foisted upon him but he wants to foist his views in others.

This hypocritical belief applies to all lovers of the self, lovers of self - will, lovers of self - interest, lovers of self - rights...... lovers of the belief in freedom of rights and religion... making Christ into a «faith» of the same validity as any other man - made «religion».

Both of them seem more interested in tearing down others who happen to be of a different race or religion.

Santorum, et al., may be interested in other issues besides abortion and marriage equality, but for progressive, pro-equality Americans, he's just another evil anti-gay jihadist from the Religions «Right.»

The ABA quoted a reader: CLR Forum «highlights interesting news in law and religion that no other such blawg highlights.

These and other signs point to a marked return to an interest in religion.

I think it is not just that Gopher is not interested in religions other than his own, but views other than his own.

Sometimes, the best friends a minority can have are adherents of other religions, who see it in their interest to lobby on behalf of the minority.

I watched the show, and am a American caucasin female from a very rural, but not southern area.I found the show interesting and thought provoking.Just as in our own Judio - Christian religions, women are expected to be somewhat subserviant and makes our American Islam citizens seem pretty much like any other citizens.I found this to be a good and humanizing feature.If you love U.S.A., and are a citizen you are the same as anyone else.Just encourage each other and us, too.

That is one reason why I have become interested in studying other religions.

The other interesting facts in this article were the Unitarian sound of his upbringing, a religion in its own right that is not compatible with Christianity and Obama's statements about the Bible that reveal he really does not know much about Christianity.

Christian interest in Buddhism and the attempt to appropriate its insights is far more widespread than Buddhist interest in Christianity Still, the situation is not a simple one in Japan, he said, Much of the vitality of religious life and practice in Japan is in the so - called new religions, some of which draw on Buddhism more than others.

They are not interested in letting others have their religion.

Christians interested in ecological theologies have much to gain from an encounter with other religions.

And it is of special interest for Christians that these principles of right and wrong at which one arrives include the Golden Rule (which is stated by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, as well as in most other major world religions) and the middle ethical requirements of the Ten Commandments (thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, cheat, etc.).

The close attention to such parish features as ritual process and the use of Scripture encouraged in my courses does indeed help forge links to other religions, but studying the congregation because it provides a rationale for courses in other faiths remains only a part of the reason for my interest.

He took little interest in other disciplines and no interest at all in other religions.

Although some come back infected with skepticism and unbelief (it is next to impossible to adhere to any other religion after having been even loosely attached to Islam), the majority come back with renewed interest in their own religion.

God has addressed his messages to generations through chosen one's to remind and warn those evil doers and the ones who are astray to come back to the truth but when messanger gives up on his people God would bring upon them heavy natural disasters, losses and grieves... there among any religions or branches of religions you will find people worship and do good deeds for the sake of God and would do all could to raise his name and belief... there are others who careless for it as a religion or faith but taking advantage of the posts for their own personal vast interest or the gangs interests as named by you... «Those are as a Walves using the Sheeps Skins in Disguise for hunting and feeding its greeds».

The reading curriculum, drawn from classic texts in the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish traditions, will touch on major themes according to the classical understanding of freedom and its relationship with truth, religion, the public interest, and other important concepts (see syllabus below).

I am not particularly interested in religion other than that it is an element of social cohesion.

Not all of those who are interested in religion are interested in the Church, but some are; and since the war there has been a decided upturn in the number of those considering the ministry and other forms of Christian service.

The Enlightenment showed an interest in Asian religions, but it was not until the second half of the nineteenth century, beginning with Max Muller in 1867, that serious scholarly study of the religions of the world, of religions other than the scholar's own, was undertaken.

Those whose interest in the religions of Asia has been aroused to the point that they want to consider some of the comparative problems raised by the study of religions other than one's own will find thoughtful and searching discussions in two books recently published: World Religions and World Community, by Robert Lawson Slater, and The Meaning and End of Religion, by Wilfred Cantwereligions of Asia has been aroused to the point that they want to consider some of the comparative problems raised by the study of religions other than one's own will find thoughtful and searching discussions in two books recently published: World Religions and World Community, by Robert Lawson Slater, and The Meaning and End of Religion, by Wilfred Cantwereligions other than one's own will find thoughtful and searching discussions in two books recently published: World Religions and World Community, by Robert Lawson Slater, and The Meaning and End of Religion, by Wilfred CantweReligions and World Community, by Robert Lawson Slater, and The Meaning and End of Religion, by Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

Certainly she had materials of the sort that compose sacred scriptures in other faiths, and certainly she had a priesthood who might have been thought of as interested in crystallizing Egypt's religion by means of a preferred set of sacred books.

However, many bloggers such as yourself, David, Frogist, NL, etc. seem not to have any interest in learning from religion (which makes me wonder why you're here in the first place, no offense) other than to incite the Christian community which, for the most part, overwhelmingly disagrees with ordaining openly gay pastors.

That is not to say there shouldn't be Christian or other religious values present but it is to say that people shouldn't be conned and public opinion shouldn't be manipulated by claims of righteous values — as we have seen, it is just too easy to fake and sway people to support what may not be in their best interests based on having a cloak of religion.

Here we have a phenomenon not without parallel in the history of other religions, as Lohmeyer notes — for example in Islam and in Mormonism — namely a shift from a first center to a second within the first generation of believers; and it is all the more striking that the evidence is preserved in Acts, whose whole interest and orientation centers in Jerusalem, not in Galilee, and whose earliest traditions are almost exclusively those of the capital city.

I have an interest in exploring other religions just because it is important to understand other people's views.

That clause has a long history of interpretation that I shall not review here, but it certainly does not mean and has never meant the American state has no interest in or concern for religion, or churches either, for that matter, and it certainly does not me and politics have nothing to do with each other.8 To the extent the «wall of separation» image leads to those conclusions it distorts the entire history of the American understanding of religion and leads to such absurd conclusions as that religious congregations should have no tax exemption and legislative bodies should not be opened with prayer.

The philosopher, Western or Eastern, may well agree with this second emphasis; but the scholar interested in the comparative study of religions may well ask if certain other manifestations of Hinduism should not be more fully included when we attempt to discuss the essence of the religion of India.

The reasons for this preference are partly to be sought in his own personal development (Hindu home, Christian instruction), partly in his primary interest in the intellectual expression of religious experience or, in other words, the philosophical bent of his nature, and, last but not least, in his often voiced conviction that we have to «get behind and beneath all outward churches and religions, and worship the nameless who is above every name.

A Christian, he has been interested in the science and religion debate, arguing against the Intelligent Design school on the one hand and materialism on the other.

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Just then the nice people at The American Interest came with a very different suggestion — that I should write a blog under their auspices (if that is the right term in cyberspace language), dealing mainly with current developments in religion, but allowing for occasional excursions into other areas.

An attempt will be made to focus on the major problems and areas of interest in the particular field, but an endeavor will also be made to deal with the interrelations of the history of religions to other disciplines.

It is interesting to note that at this moment in history, when people everywhere are called upon to understand the heritage of others, a perspective dominates in the history of religions that demands investigation from a point of view that takes seriously the uniqueness and particularity of each historical religion.

«In traditional thought and literature, there has been virtually no interest in foreign countries, societies, cultures or religions... India has not reached out for the west; it has not actively prepared the encounter and «dialogue» with Christian - European, or any other foreign countries» (Halbfass, 1988: 195).2 This self - contented and self - contained trend however underwent change in the early nineteenth century Three factors contributed to the new posture of «modern» HinduisIn traditional thought and literature, there has been virtually no interest in foreign countries, societies, cultures or religions... India has not reached out for the west; it has not actively prepared the encounter and «dialogue» with Christian - European, or any other foreign countries» (Halbfass, 1988: 195).2 This self - contented and self - contained trend however underwent change in the early nineteenth century Three factors contributed to the new posture of «modern» Hinduisin foreign countries, societies, cultures or religions... India has not reached out for the west; it has not actively prepared the encounter and «dialogue» with Christian - European, or any other foreign countries» (Halbfass, 1988: 195).2 This self - contented and self - contained trend however underwent change in the early nineteenth century Three factors contributed to the new posture of «modern» Hinduisin the early nineteenth century Three factors contributed to the new posture of «modern» Hinduism.

Whether in the classrooms on this campus or the lecture halls of other colleges, I have found that surprising numbers of white students (who are nothing if not middle class) are deeply interested in the study and application of religion.

I got interested in Islam and discovered that it has the most authenticity than any other religion and it confirms that Christian and Jewish traditions.

Even teens that express no interest in religion or spirituality may enjoy the open, non-judgmental setting of a youth group, so it could be a great experience for your teen, especially if he already knows others that attend and enjoy the meetings.

«We in UKIP are not against anybody from any other part of the world or any religion or any race but it's about time we started putting the interests of British people first.»

You might also be interested in the other direction of the same issue; I recall some Christian Scientists faced jail for not letting doctors treat children with life threatening issues where treatment was banned by the religion.

Shittu said until genuine solutions devoid of ethnicity, religion and political interest was arrived at, there might not be a solution to the killings in Benue, Taraba and other states.

Please join us for refreshments and conversation with others interested in the dialogue on science, ethics and religion at DoSER's AAAS Annual Meeting reception.