Sentences with phrase «many areas of religion»

Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the 1963 case Abington Township School District v. Schempp, which held that tax - supported schools were only allowed to teach about religion.

Conducted for Theos, a think tank working in the area of religion and society, the poll found that 83 % of British people think that «Christmas is about spending time with family and friends.»

Even if we were able to suspend our common sense in the area of religion in order to buy into this traditional theology — something which many people have felt forced to do because they saw no good alternatives — we would then have a spirituality that is unable to adequately fulfill its role.

There are three approaches, it seems to me, through which one can attempt to determine the essence of Mahayana Buddhism; in the areas of religion, of philosophy, and of ethics, it has set up an ideal that gives us an insight into its essence.

Unlike other theologians and philosophers, those who work in the area of religion and science regard «postmodern» studies as worthwhile only as a sign of modernity's maturing critical spilt, not as an alternative to modernity.

He works in the area of UK and US constitutional history, particularly in the area of religion, law and politics, focusing on the national religions in the UK (the Church of Scotland, the Church of England and the Church in Wales) and on non-establishment in the United States.

Ive studied many areas of religion and concluded if you want to understand them the...

They operate on two different fields, phenomena, the area of science and noumena, the area of religion.

Most social and community programs require their Youth Workers to have at least a high school diploma on their resumes, and full - time programs in churches, schools and counseling - based programs require a bachelor's degree and often additional coursework in the areas of religion, education, sociology or psychology.

Not exact matches

Yet persistent and credible reporting on human rights violations continue, particularly in the areas of repression of political dissent, harassment of lawyers and human rights advocates, and suppression of religion and ethnic minority cultures.

It contains reference to the sacred character of the area as the homeland of the three monotheistic religions and, more important, its guiding motif is the search for justice, a category not without theological roots.

These are men greeds and are unrelated to religion nor it is in favor of religions... religion is a direct spritual connection between the Servent and his GOD... that was what most of us knew before we were spoiled by the «Islamic Belt Idea» that the West had introduced and marketed it in our MidEast area towards encouraging youth to join militants in «Jihad» establishing that belt surrounding and fighting the communists in Afghanistan and some Asian countries... Well now that has spoiled our life coming back on us and you but I do not see why should we innocents pay for your «Political Games»...!?

More of a grey area (but a MUCH bigger issue) is the mental abuse of children that is allowed because it's religion.

In my mind, it's not that there is a movement to stamp out Christianity, but rather one to force religion, of any organized faith into areas where it has no place.

I see stem - cell research, potentially the most promising area of medical advancement ever, stunted and inhibited by religion.

Science and religion only «conflict» when two people (one claiming to be in each area) are both too certain of that which isn't really known or understood.

Allen identifies and comments on seven areas of concern that African Christians face in their churches, including the Africanization of theology, relationships with other religions, church and state, pastoral leadership, relationship with Euro - American partner churches, theological education, and struggles with social concerns.

Hopefully, illustrating the value of Whitehead's categories for understanding Indian culture and religion will stimulate further research into the area of Fast - West comparisons from a Whiteheadian point of view.

is a crucial book in the area of law and religion — published in 2013, it defends the view that there is no compelling moral or legal reason to provide special protection to religion as such.

Even though we modern, civilized Christians typically do not kill and murder those with whom we disagree, there is an area of our lives today where we still put others to death for the sake of our religion.

All of us, regardless of whether we grew up Christian, atheist, another religion, or anything else, process how we understand God through four areas:

James Goss, whose area of interest is religion and literature, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at California State University at Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, California 91324.

Tolstoy seemed forever in an identity crisis in three areas of his life; his attitudes to Russian nationalism, to religion and to sex.

The middle is that area between your genitalia and azzhole becaue of religion.

Slowly choked by Islam, Christianity gradually faded in about half the area in which at the dawn of the sixth century it was the professed religion of the majority.

While a presidential order could regulate areas including employment, education, and federal contracts, the suggestion that religious groups could also be guaranteed protections in the marketplace «may just be feel - good» wording, according to Robin Fretwell Wilson, a University of Illinois professor who researches law and religion.

In the area of knowledge, religion's weakness is not in questions it raises but in its attempt to give dogmatic answers: Beyond the myths about the origin, end and meaning of life, beyond the alienated notions of transcendence and death, there exists the concrete dialectic of finite and infinite, and this remains a living reality as long as we remain aware that it is not in the order of answer but in the order of question.

There is no where in any part of Quran or Sunnah where it says people or youth are to be chained... and kept in dungeons... Thisnis ignorance, arrogance and conspiracy done by ill hearted people in the name of religion when it is by no mean a part of religion... I have seen such cases only at remote poor areas when they have mentally sick youth or people who could be dangerous for others and can not afford to hospitalize are being kept chained like that but not in religious establishments, rather at places where fraud witch doctors who claim that those are possessed...!!!

Those moderns who too superficially account for religion by Freudian formulas and, in particular, conceive it habitually as a mere mechanism of escape from disliked realities, should take the measure of this area of Judaism.

But Gujarat is an area of India which is much influenced by the Jain religion.

(ENTIRE BOOK) This book is addressed to both believers and unbelievers and examines a number of areas of religious thought and practice including an approach to intelligible religion, the fundamentals of religious experience, the existence and nature of God, the problem of good and evil, the meaning of the supernatural and of future life, the significance of Christ, the Church, the Bible, miracles and prayer.

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

the bible talks about the religion of man, verses that of christ, he has not the holy spirit, chris made it very clear who enters heaven, he also said you are either for me or against me, man can not serve two masters, you may know how to read the bible, but without the holy spirit, the truth is hidden from you, they have a form of godlyness, but are without the spirit, they speak wonderful words, but the truth is not in them, many will flock to the anti christ, Obama shows how easy it will be for satan to decieve the world, the bible has a lot to say about the end times, and we are in that area.

This is part of the larger trend of what has been called «religicide» in the region: the intentional killing off of a particular religion within a given region or area of the world.

But mysticism is only a relatively small area within the vast array of human religion.

First, all cultures, regardless of religion, have abused or destroyed large areas of the world either because of economic or population pressures or from simple ignorance.

Funny the guy who wrote this article says «My Mohammed declared in writing» Dude your mohammad was illiterate not to mention he was a bloodthirsty pedophile warlord who plagiarized the three religions of the area in order to invent his own religion in order to control all the people he conquered

For practical purposes, the individual sociologist, who has special intents in mind, may have to concentrate on a problem or problems of a given period of the history of civilization and religion, in a specific area or group.

But there are some areas of agreement between Christianity and other religions, aren't there?

One result of the process — which certainly Mark would not have encouraged, though his work started the development in that direction — is the sentimental, saccharine, sickly - sweet Jesuolatry that has mistaken strong emotion for an evidence of religion, has softened the ethical fiber and beclouded the whole theological sky of certain areas of Christianity.

Cain is the first murderer and you wouldn't know that unless you read the Bible on your own and stop listening to him (yes, Cain for fleeing to Nod, area of Russia, and his ancestors that spread the lies of Jesus» truth through history, creating false religions etc. liars of those that don't want you to know God's truth.

True, of course, other religions in the area also had a concept of a power or «deity» beyond all visible representation (certainly in Egypt, but probably also in Mesopotamia).

It was not consistent with large areas of human endeavor — morality, politics, religion, etc..

Most of the young people I meet believe religion, particularly Christianity, is an area of life requiring no special skills.

My research into and teaching of African religion has led to another important area of development.

I could only smile at Sabio's comment, «Religions continue to be the worst harbor of hate of homosexuals»... in my current area (influenced by Washington DC), it is Republicans... not religionists....

Throughout South Africa's three centuries of modern history, religion has played a major role in shaping the contours of all areas of South African life.

AAFRC now keys its 1960 - 1972 figures for charitable giving in the areas of education and health — the second and third largest areas of charitable giving, religion being the first — to figures developed by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, commonly referred to as the Filer Commission after its chair, John H. Filer.

In areas with another religion in dominance, that other religion (and its holy writings) is used to keep people in line and «in their place» and sometimes includes the persecution of those with minority views including Christians.

Well said, and I tihnk this is why religion as a whole is, thankfully, declining in almost all areas of the world.