Joe: Yeah. So you can think of modern religions as having two strategies. So one is the primordial strategy that Judaism uses where they’re not into converts, but there is this deep sense of ethnic interconnectedness that we can see ourselves on the Passover Seder as connected to these ...
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and a great deal of focus is often given to them within comparative religion studies. The Abrahamic religions are those that include the teachings of Abraham, such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Some modern faiths and movements, such as Bahá’í, Rastafarianism and the Samaritans, also ar...
(later,the Jewishnation) andGod.The principles andethics ofJudaismhadinfluencedChristianityandIslam,as wellassome non-Abrahamicreligions.ManyofitstextsandtraditionsarecentraltootherAbrahamicreligionsandprovidedthefoundationforWesternChristianity.ItsinfluenceisseeninbothsecularandecclesiasticalaffairsintheWesternsociety,...
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Jerusalem is a significant pilgrimage destination for three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. When I traveled to Jerusalem, I visited the Western Wall, a holy site for Jews, as well as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where it is believed Jesus was crucified and bu...
The concept of liturgy extends beyond the Christian context to include the structured forms of worship found in other religions, such as Judaism and Islam, which have their own liturgical traditions. In contrast, the Mass is inherently Christian, with its rituals, prayers, and structure deeply roo...
A few years ago, as part of a project for a world religions class, I attended Saturday services at the Zen Center of San Diego. I arrived at the Center much earlier than I had planned, because the Saturday morning traffic was much better than I had allowed for. The Zen Center is a ...
This is not something amenable to the monotheistic religions, and attempts in the Middle Ages to continue a Greek sensibility, and limit the Will of God, in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, tended to be rejected by orthodox opinion. Nothing exists prior to, beyond, or superior to the Will ...