The term âtheology of religion’ is to be understood here as the branch of Christian theology that attempts to theologically and biblically evaluate the phenomena of religion. Three important schools within this field are pluralism, inclusivism, and exclusivism. Each of them will be briefly examined here.
1. Pluralism
Pluralism is basically the belief that the world religions [...]
Please join us on Facebook for the latest science news and videos: tinyurl.com Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes! (Part 1/2). TED talks – Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see (Recorded at TEDGlobal, July 2009, Oxford, UK). A fascinating demonstration of how our visual system is conditioned by what we perceive as ‘Reality’, with [...]
For many people, religion has an indispensable place in society. Regarding its exact place in the society however has largely remained debatable. For some politics and religion are simply incompatible. Regarding religion and politics there are two extremes. One view simply seeks to eliminate religion out of politics. This view has several supporters even today; [...]
I Symbolism of the “Centre” THE PSYCHOLOGY AND HISTORY OF RELIGIONSMany laymen envy the vocation of the historian of religions. What nobler or more rewarding occupation could there be than to frequent the great mystics of all the religions, to live among symbols and mysteries, to read and understand the myths of all the nations? [...]
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on his weekly Friday segment on MSNBC Live talks to MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing and JP Freire of the Washington Examiner about the poll showing 24% of Americans believing that president Obama is a Muslim.
Abstract
The history of the Jews is quite long and its origin is gotten from Abraham and the Hebrews. Some of the practices that are carried out by the Jews today came as a result of the covenants that god made with people like Abraham and Moses. The history entails the covenant between Abraham and god, [...]
Please join us on Facebook for the latest science news and videos: tinyurl.com “Discovering Religion: Ep. 1 – Ready-Made World” by • www.youtube.com This is the first installment of the original series “Discovering Religion”. In this episode DiscoveringReligion discusses the apparent conflicts that exist with our present observable reality and our past archaic religious traditions [...]
RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY
I had written an article long time back about Religion and fanaticism and about how religious dogmas give rise to fanatics and fanaticism. While writing that article I came upon a thought about whether religion suppresses democracy or whether democracy suppresses religion. Either way the effect would be explosive as in both the [...]
Thank you Michael for all your great work towards the cause and for taking the time and effort in your activism, as well as taking part and arranging the interviews you have been involved in. Your effort is greatly appreciated by many people. The Atheist Ireland Forum containing the relevant topic of interviews: – www.atheist.ie [...]
