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Series
Issues volume 215
Publisher
Independence
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The UK has far greater religious diversity than any other country in the European Union. This title looks at issues posed by this diversity, describing some of the main faiths, religious education, young people and their beliefs and new religious movements and cults.
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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In Gobekli Tepe' near Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, stand 11,000 year old concentric rings of old massive T shaped pillars. The carvings by prehistoric, pre-agricultural people emphasize predators, and vultures in particular are even more prominent. Archaeologists and anthropologists believe that the vultures represented the aspiration of humans to reach high into the heavens. If the scientific thought and technological output is a...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This volume focuses on religion from a trans-cultural perspective. Its aim is to suggest new ways of seeing how religions might coexist peacefully within different societies of the 21st century. Can secular culture be the path to convince different religions to endorse a shared ideal of peaceful co-existence? The chapters take into consideration the socio-political implications of religions in Asian, African, Latin-American and European contexts.
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Publisher
Hodder Education
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Unlock your full potential with these revision guides which focus on the key content and skills you need to know. With My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies Religion and Life (Unit 1) and Religion and Society (Unit 8) you can:. - Take control of your revision: plan and focus on the areas you need to revise with content summaries and commentary from expert author Victor W. Watton. - Show you fully understand key topics by using specific...
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Religion in Chinese societies volume 5
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
On the Rhetoric of Defining Confucianism as a Religion tackles the perennially controversial question of whether Confucianism is a religion and proposes a holistic and contextual approach to the issue.
