Crow Religion Crow religion is the indigenous religion of the Crow people, Native Americans of the Great Plains area of the United States. The Crow Deity In the Crow language the Creator has many names, such as Akbaatatdia (One Who Has Made Everything/Maker of All Things Above), Iichíkbaalee (First Doer/Maker), and Isáahkawuattee (Old Man Coyote). All names refer to a singular, omnipotent god who...
Bantu Mythology Bantu mythology is the system of beliefs and legends of the Bantu people of Africa. Although Bantu peoples account for several hundred different ethnic groups, there is a high degree of homogeneity in Bantu cultures and customs, just as in Bantu languages. The phrase “Bantu mythology” usually refers to the common, recurring themes that...
Traditional Berber Religion The traditional Berber religion is the ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers (Amazigh autochthones) of North Africa. Many ancient Amazigh beliefs were developed locally, whereas others were influenced over time through contact with other ancient Egyptian religions, or borrowed during antiquity from the Punic religion, Judaism, Iberian mythology,...
Satanism And Youth’s Quest For Identity Briefly defined as the worship of Satan as if he were God, Satanism is the name given to a reaction that basically started in the 1880s in such countries as France, England, Germany, and especially in the USA, against Christianity and religious understanding and...
Apologetics Apologetics (“speaking in defense”) is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists. In 21st-century usage, apologetics is often identified with debates over religion and theology. Etymology The term apologetics derives from the Ancient Greek word apologia (ἀπολογία). In the Classical Greek...
Religious Discrimination Religious discrimination is treating a person or group differently because of the particular beliefs which they hold about a religion. This includes instances when adherents of different religions, denominations, or non-religions are treated unequally due to their particular beliefs, either by the law or in institutional settings, such as employment or housing. Religious discrimination is related...
Outline Of Theology The following outline of theology is provided as an overview and topical guide. Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities, seminaries, and schools of divinity. Theology Outline of theology History of theology The Theology...
Christianity And Paganism This article covers the relationship between Christianity and Paganism. Paganism is commonly used to refer to various religions that existed during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, such as the Greco-Roman religions of the Roman Empire, including the Roman imperial cult, the various mystery religions, religions such as Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, and more localized ethnic religions practiced both inside and outside...
Science And Faith Science and Faith: Is It Possible for a Scientist to Believe? An Overview of the Western Tradition. The relationship between science and religion can hardly be described as a good friendship. Indeed, as part of our modern inheritance, the unspoken notion that science and religion, like reason...
Science And Religion In A World Of Religious Pluralism This article covers Science and Religion in a World of Religious Pluralism. We live in a time of deep division: Will the coming years reveal an increasing number of partnerships between science and religion, or will we see a battle to...
Religion And Science As One In this article, The writer sees religion and science as one. “On some evenings we would attend faculty parties,” she said. “It was a heady atmosphere, as we spent time with the world’s intellectual elite. There were scientists of all stripes, mathematicians and physicists, some...
Religion And Science I The difficulty in approaching the question of the relation between Religion and Science is that its elucidation requires that we have in our minds some clear idea of what we mean by either of the terms, ‘religion‘ and ‘science.’ Also I wish to speak in the...
Einstein As A Believer This article covers Einstein as a believer. American Physical Society devoted the year 2005 to Albert Einstein in honor of his discovery of the relativity theory in 1905. Many activities and essays are being prepared to recognize his major contributions to science. One aspect of Einstein...
The Cosmos Perspectives From Science And Religion This interview was conducted by Mustafa Tabanli with Rev. Dr. Polkinghorne for Ebru TV for the Emmy Award winning television series Matter and Beyond. These are the complementary stories of the cosmos perspectives from science and religion. Where do we come from, why...
Causality In Science And Religion This article covers causality in science and religion. One of the most appealing questions in the history of science is if science and religion can be reconciled. Since religion and science both present cognitive perspectives about existence, this is a problem waiting to be solved...
Are Religion And Science Compatible? This article covers the answer to the question: “Are Religion and Science Compatible?“ The heated debate about whether religion and science are complimentary or not has been raging for years. Several theologians, philosophers, and scientists have put forward different views on this subject. In this...
Unifying Paradigm For Science And Religion This article covers the fields of certainty as a unifying paradigm for science and religion. A superficial understanding of science and religion perceives these two fields as being disciplines of different realms. Such a perspective sees science as an objective pursuit of knowledge based...
Creation Definition Like other words of the same ending, the term creation (Latin creatio) signifies both an action and the object or effect thereof. Thus, in the latter sense, we speak of the “kingdoms of creation”, “the whole creation”, and so on. In the former sense the word sometimes stands for...
Creationism Explained Creationism (Latin creatio) can be defined as the following points: (1) In the widest sense, the doctrine that the material of the universe was created by God out of no pre-existing subject. It is thus opposed to all forms of Pantheism. (2) Less widely, the doctrine that the various species of living beings were immediately and directly created or...
Creationism Creationism, in its most widely used sense, is a set of religious positions opposed to modern materialistic views of the origin of the Earth and of living things. In a different and much older sense, creationism is a particular theological position on the origin of the human soul. Both senses are described here. In the first sense, creationism...