In the Back Bay, the Romanesque First Church of Christ, Scientist isone of the city’s most compelling architectural landmarks. The original Mother Church was built in 1894, following the rapid growth of Christian Science. As one of the fastest growing religions of the early 20th century, it...
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which are thought to have been created across several centuries from about the 400s BCE to the 300s CE, are a compilation of ancient manuscripts, fragments of which were continually discovered throughout the mid-19th century in the Qumran Caves; the Qumran Caves are a...
All these stain our souls and threaten our hope of eternal life with Christ, leading to inner struggles and health crises that often come from self-centered living.In the Old Testament, people sacrificed unblemished lambs to have their sins removed. Others sought relief in different religions, ...
There is also a kind of ‘family romance’ about shifting roles between Mother and Daughter, as the latter comes of marriageable age. There’s the upheaval for the Mother of apparently losing the Daughter, the way the men of the tribe or family were often complicit in what must have seeme...
All religions proselytise and many religions have active missionary programs. Most religions preach about the kingdom of God, the message of the Bible and about Jesus. They do whatMatthew28:19 say: "… baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,. ....
-Nearly all religions are patriarchal- so, gender supremacy? -Islam and Christianity profess religious supremacy of their god over polytheist and pantheist religions: hindutva is simply a defensive response to religious supremacy? –North Indians had regional supremacy until South Indians star...
As much as they created a blend of Arab culture with Mediterranean, the Nabateans also blended inherited elements of the ancient religions of Egypt, Syria, Canaan, Assyria and Babylon with elements of the Greek and Roman pantheons, to create specifically Petran forms of worship. ...
When you present something symbolically all of its implications and possibilities are present at once: all conceptual paths remain to be taken. I have never forgotten Grandpa’s lesson, and have often thought of it since. Though I wouldn’t have been able to articulate it as a 6-year-old,...
Different world religions have a variety of beliefs about death and the after-life. One of the main beliefs is reincarnation which speaks about “karma” and the “wheel of rebirths and suffering”. Karma is the factor which determines what happens at the time of death. The soul of the ind...
The story goes it was a jewel sent down to the world by Allah from his throne far above the seventh of the seven heavens. Adam, the first man, built the Kabah as the first temple of worship of Allah, but it was destroyed in the great flood that Allah inflicted on the world for dis...