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• Sacred
  ==The sacred in comparative religion== ...eligion was not [[deity]] but the distinction between sacred and profane: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, tha
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• Encyclopedia of Russian History
  ...d [[sociology|social systems]]; and is designed to complement the study of comparative politics, world history, [[geography]], [[literature]], [[The Arts|arts]] a
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• Thought Controller
  ...] [[stages]] of [[being]]: From the arrival of the [[Adjuster]] to [[Adult|comparative full growth]], about twenty years of age on [[Urantia]], the [[Monitors]] a [[Category: Religion]]
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• Cult
  In [[tradition]]al usage, the '''cult''' of a [[religion]], quite apart from its sacred writings ("[[scripture]]s"), its [[theology] ..., "cult" has come to connote the total [[culture|cultural]] aspects of 'a' religion, as they are distinguished from others through differentiation.
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• Mana
  ...'mana''', and this term has since been a staple of [[anthropological]] and comparative [[religious]] analytics. ...ward_Tylor Edward Tylor]’s claim that the [[simplest]] [[form]] of human [[religion]] was [[animism]], or the [[belief]] in [[spiritual]] [[beings]]. Marett, r
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• 134:4 Sovereignty—Divine and Human
  ...it [[possesses]] exclusive [[authority]] over other religions, will such a religion presume to be intolerant of other religions or dare to [[persecute]] other ...se sight of the [[spirit]] [[sovereignty]] of God [[the Father]], some one religion will begin to [[assert]] its superiority over other religions; and then, in
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• Scripture
  ...d States, 2008) [https://www.religionfacts.com/religion/quotes.htm What is religion?]</ref> ...y, 2004, Donald B. Redford. ''The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion.'' Oxford University Press, 2002)
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• Holy
  ...was not [[deity]] but the distinction between [[sacred]] and [[profane]]: "religion is a unified system of [[belief]]s and [[practice]]s [[relative]] to sacred ...a.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schleiermacher Friedrich Schleiermacher], who defined religion as a [[feeling]] or [[experience]] rather than adherence to [[doctrine]].)
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• Interfaith
  ...er than to synthesize new beliefs. There is a view that the [[history]] of religion shows [[conflict]] has been more the state of affairs than [[dialogue]]. ...relations refers to [[relationships]] between religions (rel. comparative religion).
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• Salvation
  In religion, '''salvation''' is the [[concept]] that [[God]] or other Higher Power, as ...to [[analyze]] in assessing the [[meaning]] of salvation to a particular [[religion]]:
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• 4:5 Erroneous Ideas of God
  ...of your [https://institute.daynal.org/books/extended_reference/humanities/religion/sacred/sacred_texts.html sacred books] clearly to distinguish between the [ ...tal man is beginning to [[realize]] that he lives in a realm of [[Relative|comparative]] [[law]] and [[Cosmos|order]] as far as concerns the [[administrative]] [[
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• Religion
  ...e been affected by revealed religion. Slowly, surely, but grudgingly, does religion ([[worship]]) follow in the wake of [[wisdom]]--[[knowledge]] directed by e ...ior]]s, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspective
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• Deity
  ...of religion. At present, the vast majority of humans are adherents of some religion, and this has been true for at least thousands of years. Human burials from ...rth, and fire. The [[anthropology|anthropologist]] E. B. Tylor argued that religion originally took an animist form. [[Theism]] is the view that at least one d
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• Esotericism
  ...], from the Greek ''ἐξωτερικός}}'' ''eksôterikos'', from ''eksôtero'', the comparative form of ''ἔξω}}'' ''eksô'': "outside". [[Plato]], in his dialogue ''Al ...nitiation. Some see Christianity, with its ritual of baptism, as a mystery religion.
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• Monk
  ...the same [[purpose]]. The [[concept]] is ancient and can be seen in many [[religion]]s and in philosophy. ...f twice lived for prolonged periods as a hermit, which may account for the comparative length of the characteristics of their life in this list.
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• Valentin Tomberg
  ...d in the Tallinn Central Post Office. He studied languages and comparative religion at the University of Tartu in Estonia. [[Category: Religion]]
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• Wingmakers, Featured Links
  ...rit.org/ Science & Spirit] - Explores the relationship between science and religion in the context of our everyday lives. Broad mix of subjects ranging from co ...ation of the seminal works of Joseph Campbell on mythology and comparative religion. Dr. Campbell was best known for his PBS special with Bill Moyers called th
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• Evolution and Religion, M. Ruse
  There is a common belief that [[evolution]] and [[religion]], Darwinian evolution and Christianity especially, are world pictures that ...in the history of life, from "monad" to "man." Critics, like the father of comparative anatomy, the French biologist Georges Cuvier, found the idea religiously of
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• Theology
  ...son]]ed [[discourse]] about God or the [[gods]], or more generally about [[religion]] or [[spirituality]]. * make [[comparative religion|comparisons]] between religious traditions,<ref>See, e.g., David Burrell, '
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• 2003-07-20-Letting Your Light Shine
  ...in the long [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religions history of religion] on this world and still it is incompletely understood because human beings ...[book]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_religion comparative religion] contrasting the fact that [[Jesus]] did not write anything down versus [[M
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